Biology:Seguenzia conopia

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Seguenzia conopia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. conopia
Binomial name
Seguenzia conopia
B. A. Marshall, 1983[1]

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

Description

The height of this translucent, nacreous, white shell attains 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,800 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10 (3): 238. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911. 
  2. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia conopia B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492383 on 2013-06-10

Wikidata ☰ Q14326674 entry