Crisilla postrema is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Crisilla postrema
Shell of Crisilla postrema (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Crisilla
Species:
C. postrema
Binomial name
Crisilla postrema
(Gofas, 1990)
Synonyms

Alvania (Crisilla) postrema Gofas, 1990

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

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  1. ^ Crisilla postrema (Gofas, 1990). Gofas, S. (2009). Crisilla postrema (Gofas, 1990). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141279 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Gofas S. (1990). The littoral Rissoidae and Anabathridae of Sao Miguel, Azores. In: Proceedings lrst international workshop on malacology, Sao Miguel, july 1988. Açoreana, Ponta Delgada suplemento: 97-134, 73 fig
  • Oliver, J. D.; Rolán, E.; Templado, J. (2019). The littoral species of the genus Crisilla Monterosato, 1917 (Caenogastropoda, Rissoidae) in Azores, Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands with notes on West African taxa and the description of four new species. Iberus. 37(1): 23-80.
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