Cystiscus deeae

Cystiscus deeae
Shell of Cystiscus deeae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Cystiscus
Species:
C. deeae
Binomial name
Cystiscus deeae
Wakefield & McCleery, 2006

Cystiscus deeae is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.

Description

The size of the shell of this attains 1.23 mm.

This predatorial bottom feeder is primarily yellow, with small red eyes.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kenutu Island, Tonga.

References

  1. ↑ Wakefield, A.; McCleery, T. (2006). "Descriptions of new species of Pacific Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865 (Gastropoda : Cystiscidae). Part 1: species with banded mantle patterns". Novapex (Hors-série 4). 7: 1–31.
  2. ↑ Cystiscus deeae Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cystiscus deeae Wakefield & McCleery, 2006". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 June 2026.