Crossea bellula

Crossea bellula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Vetigastropoda (unassigned)
Family:Crosseolidae
Genus:Crossea
Species: C. bellula
Binomial name
Crossea bellula
A. Adams, 1865

Crossea bellula is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Crosseolidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2 mm. The white shell has a depressed turbinate shape. The whorls contain spiral lirae and lack varices. The interstices are neatly cancellated. The simple outer lip is thin and has an acute margin.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Crossea bellula A. Adams, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596651 on 2012-09-01
  2. ↑ "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History". BiodiversityLibrary.org. 3rd ser. v. 15 (1865). 1 January 1865. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

Sources

  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp

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