Crossea miranda explained

Crossea miranda is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Japan.

References

• Adams A., 1865. On some new genera of mollusca from the Seas of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of natural History 15: 322–324, sér. 3° série

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. 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
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch09tryorich Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
3. Web site: T. Sasaki (2008), Micromolluscs in Japan: taxonomic composition, habitats, and future topics; Zoosymposia 1 147:232 . 2013-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925091220/http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hp/sasaki/p/042.pdf . 2013-09-25 . dead .