Biology:Seguenzia levii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Seguenzia levii
Seguenzia levii (MNHN-IM-2000-2272).jpeg
Shell of Seguenzia levii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. levii
Binomial name
Seguenzia levii
B. A. Marshall, 1991

Seguenzia levii 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 can attain 5 mm. It is conical and white, with a thin outer shell.[3] The original specimen was photographed in both holotype and paratype.[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.[3]

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia levii B.A. Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492379 on 2013-06-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 101. OCLC 1411069. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/266004. Retrieved 16 November 2022. 
  4. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 99. OCLC 1411069. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/266004. Retrieved 16 November 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14326688 entry