Thysanodonta eucosmia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| Shell of Thysanodonta eucosmia (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. eucosmia
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| Binomial name | |
| Thysanodonta eucosmia Marshall, 1995
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 4 mm. It has a spiral shell of varying colors including bronze, light pink, white and red.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Norfolk Island at depths between 410 m and 775 m.
References
edit- ^ Thysanodonta eucosmia Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 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
External links
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