Crosseola intertexta

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Crosseola intertexta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Cyclostrematidae
Genus: Crosseola
Species: C. intertexta
Binomial name
Crosseola intertexta
Powell, 1937

Crosseola intertexta is a minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, north of the North Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This snail is found at depths of about 260 m.

[edit] Shell description

The species is allied to Crosseola favosa but is more depressed-turbinate, the spiral keels are much stronger than the axials, and the basal plait is weaker.

The shell height is up to 1.8 mm, and the width is up to 1.65 mm.

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