Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis | |
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| Shell of Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis (holotype at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Thysanodonta |
| Species: | T. chesterfieldensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis Marshall, 1995
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.6 mm. Its body symmetry is dextrally coiled.[2]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, at depths between 305 m and 410 m.
References
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- ^ Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Schilthuizen, M.; Davison, A. (November 2005). "The convoluted evolution of snail chirality". Naturwissenschaften. 92 (11): 504–515. Bibcode:2005NW.....92..504S. doi:10.1007/s00114-05-0045-2. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 16217668. S2CID 18464322.
- Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458