Thysanodonta eucosmia

Thysanodonta eucosmia
Shell of Thysanodonta eucosmia (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Thysanodonta
Species:
T. eucosmia
Binomial name
Thysanodonta eucosmia
Marshall, 1995

Thysanodonta eucosmia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm. It has a spiral shell of varying colors including bronze, light pink, white and red.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Norfolk Island at depths between 410 m and 775 m.

References

  1. ^ Thysanodonta eucosmia Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458
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