Seguenzia matara

Seguenzia matara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species: S. matara
Binomial name
Seguenzia matara
B. A. Marshall, 1988

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

Description

The white, nacreous shell is broader (3.9 mm) than high (3.8 mm).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Island, New Zealand at depths between 750 m and 1029 m.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia matara B.A. Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492375 on 2013-06-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
External identifiers for Seguenzia matara
Encyclopedia of Life 17245116
WoRMS 492375


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