2011/04/01

Cerithiella axicostulata

Cerithiella axicostulata

Cerithiella axicostulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. axicostulata
Binomial name
Cerithiella axicostulata
Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987

Cerithiella axicostulata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Castellanos, Rolán and Bartolotta, in 1987.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.7 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 600 m. Maximum recorded depth is 600 m.

References






Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithiella_axicostulata

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