Seguenzia chelina
| Seguenzia chelina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Seguenzia |
| Species: | S. chelina
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| Binomial name | |
| Seguenzia chelina B. A. Marshall, 1983
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Seguenzia chelina is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The height of the translucent nacreous, white shell attains 3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,000 m.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
External links
[edit]- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262