Cylichna zealandica is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Cylichnidae, the chalice bubble snails or canoe bubble snails.[1]
| Cylichna zealandica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Cylichnidae |
| Genus: | Cylichna |
| Species: | C. zealandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cylichna zealandica T.W. Kirk, 1880
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Description
editThe height of the shell is 9 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. The white, strong shell is smooth and faintly longitudinally striated. The aperture is produced above the spire.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island at a depth of 60 m.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cylichna zealandica Kirk, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599189 on 2013-12-31
- ^ Thomas W. Kirk (1880), Additions to the list of New-Zealand Marine Mollusca; Annals And Magazine of Natural History v. 6 series 5 p. 15
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone