Seguenzia levii
Shell of Seguenzia levii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. levii
Binomial name
Seguenzia levii
B. A. Marshall, 1991

Seguenzia levii is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell can attain 5 mm. It is conical and white, with a thin outer shell.[3] The original specimen was photographed in both holotype and paratype.[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia levii B.A. Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492379 on 2013-06-10
  2. ↑ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  3. 1 2 Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 101. ISSN 0078-9747. OCLC 1411069. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1991). Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 150. Paris: Éd. du Muséum. p. 99. ISSN 0078-9747. OCLC 1411069. Retrieved 16 November 2022.


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