Fluxinella lepida
Appearance
Fluxinella lepida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Seguenziidae |
Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
Genus: | Fluxinella |
Species: | F. lepida
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Binomial name | |
Fluxinella lepida Marshall, 1983
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Fluxinella lepida is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The white, depressed shell is wider (7.30 mm) than high (3.35 mm). It is thin, highly polished and translucent nacreous.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella lepida Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492331 on 2013-06-10
- ^ Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10: 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911.
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