Asthelys antarctica
Asthelys antarctica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Seguenziidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Asthelys |
Species: | A. antarctica
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Binomial name | |
Asthelys antarctica Marshall, 1988
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Asthelys antarctica is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
Description[]
The shell attains a height of 5.8 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands at a depth of about 3700 m.
References[]
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Asthelys antarctica. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492407 on 2013-04-14
External links[]
- To Antarctic Invertebrates
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
Categories:
- Asthelys
- Gastropods described in 1988
- Seguenziidae stubs