Seguenzia elegans

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Seguenzia elegans
Seguenzia elegans 001.jpg
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Seguenzia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Seguenziidae
Genus:
Seguenzia
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Seguenzia elegans
Jeffreys, 1885 [1]

Seguenzia elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 4.3 mm. The base is perforated or umbilicated. The fissure of the outer lip is close to the suture. The columella is produced below. The aperture is broadly truncately sinuous on the base.[3]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bay of Biscay, Madeira, Bermuda and Argentine.

References[]

  1. ^ Jeffreys, J. G. 1876. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in the H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25: 177–230, pls. 2–4
  2. ^ Seguenzia elegans Jeffreys, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links[]

  • Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114</ref>
  • "Seguenzia elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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