Thysanodonta opima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Thysanodonta opima | |
---|---|
Shell of Thysanodonta opima (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Thysanodonta |
Species: | T. opima
|
Binomial name | |
Thysanodonta opima Marshall, 1995
|
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.1 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2022) |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia at depths between 775 m and 965 m.
References
edit- ^ Thysanodonta opima 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.). Résultants des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458