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| Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
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Cirsonella laxa is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclostrematidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.
Habitat
This species is found at depths of between 13 and 255 m.
Shell description
The shell is minute, depressed, and widely umbilicate. There is a slight shoulder angle, and a more prominant angle at the middle of the base.
Shell coloration is dull white.
The shell height is up to 0.6 mm, and the width is up to 0.9 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1