Biology:Fluxinella asceta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Fluxinella asceta
Fluxinella asceta (MNHN-IM-2000-2229).jpeg
Shell of Fluxinella asceta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species:
F. asceta
Binomial name
Fluxinella asceta
Marshall, 1991

Fluxinella asceta is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella asceta Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492337 on 2013-06-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  • MARSHALL B. A. 1991. Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, in CROSNIER A & BOUCHET P. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 150: 41–109.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13636710 entry