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Crosseola favosa

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Crosseola favosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Conradiidae
Genus: Crosseola
Species:
C. favosa
Binomial name
Crosseola favosa
Powell, 1937

Crosseola favosa is a species of minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 1.65 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Crosseola favosa Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598305 on 2013-09-22
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • List of Mollusca collected; Discovery Reports v.15 (1937); Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain)
  • New Zealand Mollusca: Crosseola favosa