Bruceiella laevigata
| Bruceiella laevigata | |
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| Shell of Bruceiella laevigata (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Bruceiella |
| Species: | B. laevigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bruceiella laevigata B. A. Marshall, 1994
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Bruceiella laevigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species was found off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, at a depth of 1242 metres
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bruceiella laevigata B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598288 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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