Seguenzia compta
Seguenzia compta is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
| Seguenzia compta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Seguenzia |
| Species: | S. compta |
| Binomial name | |
| Seguenzia compta B. A. Marshall, 1983 | |
Description
The translucent nacreous, white shell is broader (6.8 mm) than high (6.4 mm).
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Bounty Trough at a depth of 1,386 m.
References
- Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia compta B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492387 on 2013-06-10
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262
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