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Seguenzia conopia

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Seguenzia conopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. conopia
Binomial name
Seguenzia conopia
B. A. Marshall, 1983[1]

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

Description

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The height of this translucent, nacreous, white shell attains 3.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,800 m.

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (3): 238. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911.
  2. ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia conopia B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492383 on 2013-06-10