Crosseola bollonsi
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| Crosseola bollonsi Dell, 1956 |
Crosseola bollonsi is a small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the North Cape in the North Island of New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This snail is found at depths of about 90 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small, tall-turbinate, white, sculptured with strong spiral keels, three on the spire-whorls and six on the body whorl, plus an extra heavy plait-like one bordering the inner lip. The surface sculpture consists of strong axials between the suture and the uppermost keel, after which both the keels and their interstices are minutely crenulated by axial threads.
The shell height is up to 4.3 mm, and the width is up to 3.5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
