Costentalina elegans
Costentalina elegans is a species of medium-sized tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Entalinidae. It is found in Australia and the Indian Ocean. It is an abyssal species and lives at a depth of 5100 to 5800 m.
| Costentalina elegans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida |
| Family: | Entalinidae |
| Genus: | Costentalina |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Costentalina elegans Chistikov, 1982[1] | |
References
- The modern Entalinidae (Scaphopoda, Gadilida). 2 The subfamily Heteroschismoidinae. SD Chistikov, Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 61 (9), pages 1309-1321, 1982
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