Crisilla simulans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Crisilla
Species:
C. simulans
Binomial name
Crisilla simulans
Locard, 1886
Synonyms

Alvania simulans Locard, 1886 (original combination)

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

Description

Alvania simulans has a small (1.5-2mm) shell that is pearly white in color, and partially translucent.[2]

Distribution

Crisilla simulans is found in the North Atlantic and European waters.[3]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Crisilla simulans (Locard, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473073 on 2023-12-12
  2. "Crisilla simulans". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  3. Gofas, S. (2015). Alvania simulans Locard, 1886. In: MolluscaBase (2015).
  • Romani, L.; Tisselli, M. & Nofroni, I. (2020). On the alleged presence of Crisilla perminima (Manzoni, 1868) in the Mediterranean Sea (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rissoidae), with notes on the taxonomy of Alvania simulans Locard, 1886. Bollettino Malacologico. 56 (2): 112-117.



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