Cystiscus yasawaensis

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

Cystiscus yasawaensis
Cystiscus yasawaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. yasawaensis
Binomial name
Cystiscus yasawaensis
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]

Description

The shell can grow to be 2.2 mm in length.[3]

Distribution

Cystiscus yasawaensis can be found off the coast of Fiji.[3]

References
  1. Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4). 7: 1–31.
  2. Cystiscus yasawaensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. "Cystiscus yasawaensis". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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