Gaza cubana
| Gaza cubana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Gaza |
| Species: | G. cubana
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| Binomial name | |
| Gaza cubana Clench & Aguayo, 1940
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gaza superba cubana Clench & Aguayo, 1940 (basionym) | |
Gaza cubana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Margaritidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 37 mm. The pale beige, discoid shell has a weak but marked spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color. The open umbilicus is only sealed for about 75% by the callus of the inner lip. The apex is preserved. The spire is low and flat.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 329 m and 1080 m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gaza cubana Clench & Aguayo, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1940. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off Cuba. III.. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 14: 77–94, pls. 14-16
- Luiz Ricardo L. Simone & Carlo M. Cunha, Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species; Zootaxa1318: 1–40 (2006)
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
[edit]- "Gaza superba cubana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.