Seguenzia levii
| Seguenzia levii | |
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| Shell of Seguenzia levii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- ^ a b Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 101. ISSN 0078-9747. OCLC 1411069. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 99. ISSN 0078-9747. OCLC 1411069. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
External links
- Marshall B.A. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species