Biology:Fluxinella membranacea

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Fluxinella membranacea
Fluxinella membranacea (MNHN-IM-2000-2330).jpeg
Shell of Fluxinella membranacea (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. membranacea
Binomial name
Fluxinella membranacea
B. A. Marshall, 1991

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 3.4 mm. Its shell has "a smooth spire, flattened summit, persistent shoulder angulation, and distinctly overhung umbilical wall."[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Fluxinella membranacea B. A. Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492332 on 2013-06-10
  2. Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
  3. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 7Crosnier, Alain; Bouchet, Philippe (1991). "Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 7 (150): 68. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39863185.pdf#page=41. 
  • 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 ☰ Q13636716 entry