Cirsonella variecostata

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Cirsonella variecostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Cyclostrematidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species: C. variecostata
Binomial name
Cirsonella variecostata
Powell, 1940

Cirsonella laxa is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found at depths of between 13 and 255 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, depressed, and widely umbilicate. There is a slight shoulder angle, and a more prominent angle at the middle of the base.

Shell coloration is dull white.

The shell height is up to 0.6 mm, and the width is up to 0.9 mm.

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