Fluxinella lenticulosa

Fluxinella lenticulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species:
F. lenticulosa
Binomial name
Fluxinella lenticulosa
Marshall, 1983

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

Description

The height of the thin, white shell attains 2.3 mm. It is strongly depressed with a width of 6.85 mm. It is umbilicate and translucent nacreous.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand found at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella lenticulosa Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492395 on 2013-06-10
  2. ^ Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10: 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911.


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