Seguenzia conopia
| Seguenzia conopia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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