Cystiscus matoensis

Cystiscus matoensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.^[2]

Cystiscus matoensis
Shell of Cystiscus matoensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Cystiscinae
Genus:	Cystiscus
Species:	C. matoensis
Binomial name
Cystiscus matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.94 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. Generally found on the southern coast.^[3]

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 matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
3. "Spécimen - Holotype Cystiscus matoensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2006". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2023.