Carenzia fastigiata

Carenzia fastigiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Carenzia
Species: C. fastigiata
Binomial name
Carenzia fastigiata
Marshall, 1983 [1]

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.3 mm. it is broader than high with a width of 4.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and in the Tasman Basin at a depth of about 1,700 m.

References

External identifiers for Carenzia fastigiata
Encyclopedia of Life 17245042
WoRMS 492391


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/23/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.