Cirsonella weldii

Cirsonella weldii
Drawing with two views of a shell of Cirsonella weldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species: C. weldii
Binomial name
Cirsonella weldii
(Tenison-Woods, 1877) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cirsonella australis Angas, 1877
  • Crossea naticoides Hedley, C., 1907
  • Cyclostrema susonis Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Cyclostrema weldii Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Teinostoma (Cirsonella) australe Angas, 1877

Cirsonella weldii, common name the shiny liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 2 mm. The shining, white shell has a globosely turbinate shape. It is narrowly umbilicated, semi-opaque, and smooth. The four whorls are convex. The body whorl is large and rounded at the periphery. The aperture is circular. The peristome is continuous and slightly thickened on the columellar margin.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Australia.

References

  1. Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131-159
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598299 on 2012-09-01
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Teinostoma (Cirsonella) australe )
External identifiers for Cirsonella weldii
WoRMS 598299
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