Krachia cossmanni

Krachia cossmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Krachia
Species: K. cossmanni
Binomial name
Krachia cossmanni
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
Synonyms

Cerithiella cossmanni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896

Krachia cossmanni is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from European waters, including the United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone. It was described by Dautzenberg and Fischer H., in 1896.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters found at bathyal depths off the Azores, Iceland, the Faroes and Southern Norway

Description

The length of the shall attains 6 mm.

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References

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