Seguenzia compta

Seguenzia compta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species: S. compta
Binomial name
Seguenzia compta
B. A. Marshall, 1983

Seguenzia compta is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

Description

The translucent nacreous, white shell is broader (6.8 mm) than high (6.4 mm).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Bounty Trough at a depth of 1,386 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia compta B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492387 on 2013-06-10

External links

External identifiers for Seguenzia compta
Encyclopedia of Life 17245158
WoRMS 492387


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