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Cystiscus caeruleus
Shell of Cystiscus caeruleus (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. caeruleus
Binomial name
Cystiscus caeruleus Boyer, 2003

Cystiscus caeruleus is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.

Description

The shell is a smooth, semi-translucent white with a slit-like opening along one side.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Boyer, F. (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
2. Cystiscus caeruleus Boyer, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
3. "Shell Catalogue - Family CYSTISCIDAE". gastropods.com.

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