Cossmannica jacksonensis

Cossmannica jacksonensis
Apertural view of a shell of Cossmannica jacksonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cossmannica
Species: C. jacksonensis
Binomial name
Cossmannica jacksonensis
(Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyramidella (Cossmannica) jacksonensis Dall & Bartsch, 1906
  • Pyramidella (Tiberia) pusilla jacksonensis Dall & Bartsch, 1906

Cossmannica jacksonensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. This species is one of many other species known to exist within the genus, Cossmannica. [2]

Description

The length of the shell measures approximately 6.1 mm. The teleoconch contains eight whorls. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Queensland, Australia, within the Great Barrier Reef and other various marine areas nearby.

References

  1. OBIS: Pyramidella (Cossmannica) jacksonensis
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Cossmannica jacksonensis (Dall & Bartsch, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588555 on 2011-11-29
  3. Dall & Bartsch (1906), Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific, and American Pyramillidae; Smithsonian Institution

External links

External identifiers for Cossmannica jacksonensis
WoRMS 588555