Biology:Fucaria mystax

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Fucaria mystax
Fucaria mystax (MNHN-IM-2000-31241).jpeg
Shell of Fucaria mystax (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Fucaria
Species:
F. mystax
Binomial name
Fucaria mystax
Warén & Bouchet, 2001

Fucaria mystax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off hydrothermal vents of the Edison seamount (off Papua New Guinea) at a depth of 1483 m.[2]

References

  1. Fucaria mystax Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Crispin T. S. Little, Taniel Danelian, Richard J. Herrington, Rachel M. Haymon, Early Jurassic Hydrothermal Vent Community from the Franciscan Complex, California; Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 78, No. 3 (May, 2004), pp. 542-559

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5506915 entry