Thysanodonta festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Thysanodonta festiva
Shell of Thysanodonta festiva (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Thysanodonta
Species:
T. festiva
Binomial name
Thysanodonta festiva
Marshall, 1995

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Norfolk Island at a depth of 230 m.

References edit

  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458

External links edit

  • "Thysanodonta festiva". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.