Seguenzia textilis

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

Seguenzia textilis 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 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin and off the Aldermen Islands at depths between 570 m and 846 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia textilis B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492386 on 2013-06-10

External links

External identifiers for Seguenzia textilis
Encyclopedia of Life 4793816
WoRMS 492386


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