Gaza compta
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | G. compta
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Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006[1]
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Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 28 mm. The pale beige shell has a weak spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color and they show some marked axial undulations.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil at depths between 700 m and 800 m.
References
- ^ Simone & Cunha. 2006. Zootaxa Volume: 1318 Pages: 1-40. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
External links
- "Gaza compta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.