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Bruceiella laevigata

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Bruceiella laevigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Bruceiella
Species:
B. laevigata
Binomial name
Bruceiella laevigata
B. A. Marshall, 1994

Bruceiella laevigata 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 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, at a depth of 1242 metres

References

  1. ^ 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)