Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis
| Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis | |
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| Shell of Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis (holotype at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Thysanodonta |
| Species: | T. chesterfieldensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis Marshall, 1995 | |
Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The species' shell typically has around 5 whorls. The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm. Its body symmetry is dextrally coiled.[2] The color of the shell starts as a pale brown on the upper half of the shell near the apex and gradually turns white towards the bottom. Its protoconch is made up of a densely packed hexagonal structure.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, at depths between 305 m and 410 m.
References
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- ↑ Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Schilthuizen, M.; Davison, A. (November 2005). "The convoluted evolution of snail chirality". Naturwissenschaften. 92 (11): 504–515. Bibcode:2005NW.....92..504S. doi:10.1007/s00114-05-0045-2. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 16217668. S2CID 18464322.
- ↑ Marshall, Bruce A (1993). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris, Éd. du Muséum. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-2856535028.
- 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