Seguenzia fulgida

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.1 mm which makes the shell higher than broad (4.4 mm)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1800 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia fulgida B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492384 on 2013-06-10

External links

External identifiers for Seguenzia fulgida
Encyclopedia of Life 17245052
WoRMS 492384


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