Depressizona axiosculpta
| Depressizona axiosculpta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Depressizonidae |
| Genus: | Depressizona |
| Species: | D. axiosculpta |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009[1] | |
Depressizona axiosculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Depressizonidae.
It has also been placed in Scissurellidae.[2]
Description
The shape of the shell is calyptraeiform.
Distribution
There is only one specimen in poor condition known from Tonga.[1]
References
- 1 2 Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
- ↑ Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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