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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Cirsonella (Genus)
> micans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Porcupinia Cossmann, 1900
=Tharsiella Bush, 1897
=Tharsis Jeffreys, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Argalista micans Powell, 1931
Images: Cirsonella micans (Powell, 1931)
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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Cirsonella (Genus)
> micans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Porcupinia Cossmann, 1900
=Tharsiella Bush, 1897
=Tharsis Jeffreys, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Argalista micans Powell, 1931
Details: Cirsonella micans (Powell, 1931)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.13mm, Width 1.43mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island, Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands, from 141-660m
Type Data:
  • 155 metres, NNE of Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.68)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Descriptions of some new species of recent Mollusca, mainly from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.374) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil