Seguenzia hapala

Seguenzia hapala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species: S. hapala
Binomial name
Seguenzia hapala
Woodring, 1928 [1]
Synonyms

Seguenzia monocingulata auct. non Seguenza, 1876

Seguenzia hapala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida and Northern Brazil at depths between 80 m and 150 m.

References

  1. Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls
  2. Seguenzia hapala Woodring, 1928.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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