Biology:Crisilla aartseni

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Crisilla aartseni
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C. aartseni
Binomial name
Crisilla aartseni
(Verduin, 1984)
Synonyms
  • Cingula aartseni Verduin, 1984
  • Setia aartseni (Verduin, 1984) (transferred to genus Crisilla)

Crisilla aartseni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

Shell color ranges from creamy white to a dark brown, often with splotched patterning. Its average size is about 1.5 millimeters.

Distribution

It is most commonly founds around the southern Spanish coast, near the Gibraltar strait and the Alboran Sea.[2]

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Crisilla aartseni (Verduin, 1984). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=670452 on 2015-09-15
  2. Worldwide Mollusk Species Database
  • Verduin A. (1984). On the taxonomy of some recent European marine species of the genus Cingula s.l.. Basteria 48: 37-87
  • Oliver J.D., Templado J. & Kersting D. 2012. Gasterópodos marinos de las islas Columbretes (Mediterráneo occidental). Iberus, 30(2): 49-87

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13501643 entry