Bruceiella pruinosa
Appearance
Bruceiella pruinosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Bruceiella |
Species: | B. pruinosa
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Binomial name | |
Bruceiella pruinosa B. A. Marshall, 1994
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Bruceiella pruinosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 1.4 m.
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Distribution
This marine species was found off North Island, New Zealand, at a depth of 900 m.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bruceiella pruinosa B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598289 on 2012-09-01
- Marshall, B.A. 1994: Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bones and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus 108: 1-8 (p. 5)
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