Canalispira kerni is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
| Canalispira kerni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Genus: | Canalispira |
| Species: | C. kerni
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| Binomial name | |
| Canalispira kerni Garcia, 2007[1]
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Description
editCanalispira kerni has a strong, smooth, ivory-colored shell. The shell's surface has yellowish flammules on it. Its spire is 1.84 millimetres (0.072 in) long. Its protoconch is dome shaped and white. The shell's aperture is 3.26 millimetres (0.128 in) long.[3]
Distribution
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References
edit- ^ Garcia (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 127–133. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Canalispira kerni Garcia, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Garcia, Emilio (10 December 2007). "Three new deep-water species of molluscs (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae, Cystiscidae) from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico". Novapex. 8 (3–4): 130. Retrieved 1 June 2021.