Cyclostrema virginiae
Cyclostrema virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
Cyclostrema virginiae | |
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Shell of Cyclostrema virginiae (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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Species: | C. virginiae |
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Cyclostrema virginiae Jousseaume, 1872 | |
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Lodderia virginiae (Jousseaume, 1872) |
Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
- Cyclostrema virginiae Jousseaume, 1872. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Jousseaume, F., 1872. Etude des genres Teinostoma, Cyclostrema et Skenea. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 23(2): 330-338; 388-396
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
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