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

Cystiscus deeae
Shell of Cystiscus deeae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. deeae
Binomial name
Cystiscus deeae
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]

Description edit

The size of the shell attains 1.23 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Kenutu Island, Tonga.

References edit

  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 deeae Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.