Seguenzia conopia

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

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

Description

The height of this translucent nacreous, white shell attains 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,800 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia conopia B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492383 on 2013-06-10

External links

External identifiers for Seguenzia conopia
Encyclopedia of Life 17245058
WoRMS 492383


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