Costentalina elegans
Appearance
Costentalina elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Scaphopoda |
Order: | Gadilida |
Family: | Entalinidae |
Genus: | Costentalina |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Costentalina elegans |
Costentalina elegans is a species of medium-sized tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Entalinidae. It is found in Australia and the Indian Ocean. It is an abyssal species and lives at a depth of 5100 to 5800 m.
References
[edit]- ^ The modern Entalinidae (Scaphopoda, Gadilida). 2 The subfamily Heteroschismoidinae. SD Chistikov, Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 61 (9), pages 1309-1321, 1982
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