Cystiscus pardus
| Cystiscus pardus | |
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| Shell of Cystiscus pardus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Cystiscinae |
| Genus: | Cystiscus |
| Species: | C. pardus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cystiscus pardus Boyer, 2003[1]
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Cystiscus pardus is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk from the family Cystiscidae.[2]
Description[edit]
The shell of C. pardus is translucent, and white. The shells have been observed to grow up to 1.55 mm long and 1 mm wide. They can be identified by their flat spire, smooth inner shell lip, and three ridged plaits on their columellar fold.[3]
The snail C. pardus has a bifurcated head and red eyes.[4] The snail's foot has a cloudy patten of yellow and white. Its mantle is yellow with densely packed blue leopard spots which can be seen through the shell.
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in marine reefs off the north west coast of New Caledonia. It has been observed at two stations near the coast of Kuomac.[5] It lives from depths between 15 and 20 m.
References[edit]
- ^ Boyer, F. (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Cystiscus pardus (Boyer, 2003)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Haase, Martin; Zielske, Susan (28 September 2015). "Five new cryptic freshwater gastropod species from New Caledonia (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae)". ZooKeys (523): 63–87. Bibcode:2015ZooK..523...63H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6066. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4602297. PMID 26478699.
- ^ Haase, Martin; Zielske, Susan (28 September 2015). "Five new cryptic freshwater gastropod species from New Caledonia (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae)". ZooKeys (523): 63–87. Bibcode:2015ZooK..523...63H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6066. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4602297. PMID 26478699.
- ^ Cystiscus pardus Boyer, 2003 in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset doi:10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.