Cirsotrema zelebori

Cirsotrema zelebori
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Cirsotrema
Species:
C. zelebori
Binomial name
Cirsotrema zelebori
(Dunker, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boreoscala zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
  • Cirsotrema forresti (Dell, 1956)
  • Cirsotrema reevei Clessin, 1897
  • Epitonium (Asperiscala) forresti Dell, R.K.
  • Epitonium zelebori Frauenfeld, 1898
  • Scalaria intermedia Hutton, 1873
  • Scalaria zelebori Dunker, 1866
  • Tioria forresti Dell, 1956

Cirsotrema zelebori, common name : the slender wentletrap, is species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the seas off the southern islands of New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2014). Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524262 on 2 December 2014
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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