Asthelys antarctica

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

Asthelys antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Asthelysinae
Genus: Asthelys
Species:
A. antarctica
Binomial name
Asthelys antarctica
Marshall, 1988

Description

The shell attains a height of 5.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands at a depth of about 3700 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Asthelys antarctica. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492407 on 2013-04-14


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