Seguenzia chelina

Seguenzia chelina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Seguenzioidea
Family:Seguenziidae
Subfamily:Seguenziinae
Genus:Seguenzia
Species: S. chelina
Binomial name
Seguenzia chelina
B. A. Marshall, 1983

Seguenzia chelina is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the translucent nacreous, white shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,000 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia chelina B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492366 on 2013-06-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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