Cirsotrema zelebori, common name : the slender wentletrap, is species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
| Cirsotrema zelebori | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Cirsotrema |
| Species: | C. zelebori
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm
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Distribution edit
This species is endemic to the seas off the southern islands of New Zealand
References edit
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2014). Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524262 on 2 December 2014
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links edit
- "Cirsotrema (Rectacirsa) zelebori". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.