Cirsonella weldii explained

Cirsonella weldii, common name the shiny liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 2 mm. The shining, white shell has a globosely turbinate shape. It is narrowly umbilicated, semi-opaque, and smooth. The four whorls are convex. The body whorl is large and rounded at the periphery. The aperture is circular. The peristome is continuous and slightly thickened on the columellar margin.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Australia.

References

• Angas, G.F. 1877. Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 34-40, pl. 5
• Cotton, B.C. 1945. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 1. Streptoneura. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69(1): 150-171
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 12(1): 1-25, figs 1-49a
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598299 on 2012-09-01
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia