Canalispira kerni

Canalispira kerni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Persiculinae
Genus:	Canalispira
Species:	C. kerni
Binomial name
	Canalispira kerni; Garcia, 2007

Canalispira kerni is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.^[2]

Description

Canalispira kerni has a strong, smooth, ivory-colored shell. The shell's surface has yellowish flammules on it. Its spire is 1.84 millimetres (0.072 in) long. Its protoconch is dome shaped and white. The shell's aperture is 3.26 millimetres (0.128 in) long.^[3]

Distribution

References

^ Garcia (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 127–133. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ Canalispira kerni Garcia, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Garcia, Emilio (10 December 2007). "Three new deep-water species of molluscs (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae, Cystiscidae) from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico". Novapex. 8 (3–4): 130. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[1] Garcia (2007). Novapex 8 (3–4) : 127–133. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Canalispira kerni Garcia, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[3] Garcia, Emilio (10 December 2007). "Three new deep-water species of molluscs (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae, Cystiscidae) from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico". Novapex. 8 (3–4): 130. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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