Depressizona axiosculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Depressizonidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | D. axiosculpta
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| Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009[1]
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It has also been placed in Scissurellidae.[2]
Description
editThe shape of the shell is calyptraeiform.
Distribution
editThere is only one specimen in poor condition known from Tonga.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
- ^ Depressizona axiosculpta Geiger, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7