Seguenzia matara

Seguenzia matara is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Seguenzia matara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. matara
Binomial name
Seguenzia matara
B. A. Marshall, 1988

Description

The white, nacreous shell is broader (3.9 mm) than high (3.8 mm).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Island, New Zealand at depths between 750 m and 1029 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia matara B.A. Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492375 on 2013-06-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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