2011-04-01

Cerithiella astrolabiensis

Cerithiella astrolabiensis

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. astrolabiensis
Binomial name
Cerithiella astrolabiensis
(Strebel, 1908)

Cerithiella astrolabiensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Watson in 1880.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.5 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 95 m. Maximum recorded depth is 298 m.

References






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