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Cirsonella propelaxa is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Cirsonella propelaxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Cirsonella |
| Species: | C. propelaxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs off Chatham Islands.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598296 on 2013-10-14
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1