Seguenzia nitida
Seguenzia nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | S. nitida |
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| Seguenzia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1884 | |
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Seguenzia formosa var. nitida A. E. Verrill, 1884 (original description) | |
Description
The height of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Delaware, USA, at a depth of about 3,700 m.
References
* Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139–294, pls. 28–32.
- Seguenzia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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