Cystiscus matoensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
| Cystiscus matoensis | |
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| Shell of Cystiscus matoensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Cystiscus |
| Species: | C. matoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystiscus matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell attains 1.94 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia. Generally found on the southern coast.[3]
References
edit- ^ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4). 7: 1–31.
- ^ Cystiscus matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Spécimen - Holotype Cystiscus matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2023.