Seguenzia lineata

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

Seguenzia lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. lineata
Binomial name
Seguenzia lineata
Watson, 1879 [1]
Synonyms

Seguenzia formosa var. lineata Watson, 1879

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan, Mexico, and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 640 m and 1234 m.

References

  1. Watson, R. B. 1879. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part III. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 14: 586-605
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Seguenzia lineata Watson, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533416 on 2013-06-10


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