Carenzia fastigiata

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

Carenzia fastigiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Carenzia
Species:
C. fastigiata
Binomial name
Carenzia fastigiata
Marshall, 1983 [1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.3 mm. it is broader than high with a width of 4.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,700 m.

References


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