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Tasmocrossea benthicola is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Tasmocrossea benthicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Tasmocrossea |
| Species: | T. benthicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Tasmocrossea benthicola Dell, 1952 | |
This is the only species in the genus Tasmocrossea, a monotypic genus.
The height of the shell attains 1.05 mm, its diameter 0.97 mm.
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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea at a depth of 536 m.
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