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Quinnia patula

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Quinnia patula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Quinnia
Species:
Q. patula
Binomial name
Quinnia patula
(Marshall, 1983)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Seguenziella patula Marshall, 1983 (original description)

Quinnia patula is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2][3]

Description

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The white, thin, umbilicate, and depressed shell is markedly broader (8.35 mm) than high (5.65 mm). It is translucent nacreous.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand at depths of about 1,800 m.

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2013). Quinnia patula (Marshall, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492353 on 2013-06-10
  3. ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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