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Cirsonella waikukuensis
Cirsonella waikukuensis is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.
From the article Cirsonella waikukuensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.7 mm, its diameter 0.9 mm. Cirsonella waikukuensis is a very small deep-water gastropod. The shell height reaches approximately 0.8 mm and its diameter about 1 mm. The shell is discoidal with a low spire, fine spiral sculpture, and a round aperture.
Range & habitat
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Cape at a depth of 29 m.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 387625.