Seguenzia transenna

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

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

Description

The height of this translucent, nacreous, white shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution

The type specimen of this marine species was found off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of 1029 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia transenna B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492385 on 2013-06-10


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