Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis

Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis
Shell of Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis (holotype at MNHN. Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Thysanodontinae
Genus:
Thysanodonta
Species:
T. chesterfieldensis
Binomial name
Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis
Marshall, 1995

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, at depths between 305 m and 410 m.

References
  1. Thysanodonta chesterfieldensis 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
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