Crossea miranda

Crossea miranda is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.[2]

Crossea miranda
Drawing of a shell of Crossea miranda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Conradiidae
Genus: Crossea
Species:
C. miranda
Binomial name
Crossea miranda
A. Adams, 1865 [1]
Synonyms

Crosseia miranda A. Adams, 1865

Description

The height of the white shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm. It contains 3-4 whorls that increase rapidly in size. They are very convex and spirally striate. They contain thin, low, longitudinal, not synchronized varices; this makes it unusual. The aperture is produced below.[3][4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Japan.

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References
  1. A. Adams. Ann. Mag.,N. Hist., Apr., 1865,
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Crossea miranda A. Adams, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596650 on 2012-09-01
  3. Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
  4. "T. Sasaki (2008), Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics; Zoosymposia 1 147:232" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
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