Seguenzia compta
| 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 | |
Seguenzia compta is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Description
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The translucent and nacreous white shell is usually up to 6.8 mm wide and 6.5 mm high.
Distribution
It occurs off New Zealand in the Bounty Trough at a depth of 1,386 m.
References
- 1 2 3 Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (3): 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911. ISSN 0301-4223.
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