Cystiscus angasi

Cystiscus angasi is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]

Cystiscus angasi
Shell of Cystiscus angasi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. angasi
Binomial name
Cystiscus angasi
(Crosse, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cystiscus angasi var. melania (Laseron, 1948)
  • Euliginella angasi (Crosse, 1870)
  • Marginella amphora Laseron, 1948
  • Marginella angasi Crosse, 1870 (original combination)
  • Marginella angasi var. melania Laseron, 1958
  • Marginella minima Petterd, 1884
  • Marginella shorehami Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899
  • Marginella simsoni Tate & May, 1900

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off Port Jackson, Australia.

References
  1. Crosse, Joseph Charles Hippolyte (1870). "Diagnoses molluscorum novorum". Journal de Conchyliologie. 18: 301–304. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. Cystiscus angasi (Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on July 2020.
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