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Cirsonella
Sign in to saveCirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilySkeneidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 253
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Skeneidae
- Collections
- UCMP, USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMV, ANSP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Chile, Canal Du Mozambique, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Mozambique
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Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.
==Description== (Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.
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