Cerithiella astrolabiensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Watson in 1880.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Newtoniellidae |
| Genus: | Cerithiella |
| Species: | C. astrolabiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerithiella astrolabiensis (Strebel, 1908)
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Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 95 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 298 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cerithiella astrolabiensis at World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
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