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Cystiscus pardus ( الإنجليزية )

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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

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

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

  1. ^ Boyer, F. (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Cystiscus pardus (Boyer, 2003)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Haase, Martin; Zielske, Susan (28 September 2015). "Five new cryptic freshwater gastropod species from New Caledonia (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae)". ZooKeys (523): 63–87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6066. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4602297. PMID 26478699.
  4. ^ Haase, Martin; Zielske, Susan (28 September 2015). "Five new cryptic freshwater gastropod species from New Caledonia (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae)". ZooKeys (523): 63–87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6066. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4602297. PMID 26478699.
  5. ^ Cystiscus pardus Boyer, 2003 in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.
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Cystiscus pardus: Brief Summary ( الإنجليزية )

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

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