Cystiscus mosaica is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[2]
| Cystiscus mosaica | |
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| Shell of Cystiscus mosaica (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. mosaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystiscus mosaica Wakefield & McCleery, 2005[1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell attains 1.51 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands.
References
edit- ^ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. "Three new species of Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago". Novapex. 6 (1–2): 19–30. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Cystiscus mosaica Wakefield & McCleery, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.