Fluxinella lenticulosa
| Fluxinella lenticulosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Fluxinella |
| Species: | F. lenticulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Fluxinella lenticulosa Marshall, 1983
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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[]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Fluxinella
- Gastropods described in 1983
- Seguenziidae stubs