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Ventsia tricarinata

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Ventsia tricarinata
Shell of Ventsia tricarinata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Ventsia
Species:
V. tricarinata
Binomial name
Ventsia tricarinata
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Ventsia tricarinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1][2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs at a hydrothermal vent at the Lau Basin also off Fiji.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Ventsia tricarinata Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536892 on 2013-04-14
  2. ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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