Cystiscus viaderi

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

Cystiscus viaderi
Shell of Cystiscus viaderi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. viaderi
Binomial name
Cystiscus viaderi
Boyer, 2004[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

  1. Boyer, F. (2004). "Description of a new Cystiscus (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Mascarene Islands". Journal of Conchology. 38 (4): 355–361.
  2. Cystiscus viaderi Boyer, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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