Trenchia argentinae

Trenchia argentinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Trenchia argentinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Trenchia
Species:
T. argentinae
Binomial name
Trenchia argentinae
(Clarke, 1961) [1]
Synonyms

Choristes agulhasae argentinae Clarke, 1961 (original combination)

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the abyssal zone off Argentina.

References

  1. Clarke, A. H., Jr. 1961. Abyssal mollusks from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 125: 345-387, pls. 1-4.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trenchia argentinae (Clarke, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533509 on 27 March 2013
  • McLean J.H. (1992). Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Archeogastropoda: Lepetellacea) with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35(4): 273-294 page(s): 293


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