Cystiscus vavauensis

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Cystiscus vavauensis
Cystiscus vavauensis (MNHN-IM-2000-9392).jpeg
Shell of Cystiscus vavauensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. vavauensis
Binomial name
Cystiscus vavauensis
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]

Cystiscus vavauensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Description[]

The size of the shell attains 1.77 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Tonga.

References[]

  1. ^ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4). 7: 1–31.
  2. ^ Cystiscus vavauensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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