Seguenzia elegans
| Seguenzia elegans | |
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| Shell of Seguenzia elegans (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Genus: | Seguenzia |
| Species: | S. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Seguenzia elegans Jeffreys, 1885 [1]
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Seguenzia elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 4.3 mm. The base is perforated or umbilicated. The fissure of the outer lip is close to the suture. The columella is produced below. The aperture is broadly truncately sinuous on the base.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bay of Biscay, Madeira, Bermuda; also off Brazil and Argentine.
References
[edit]- ^ Jeffreys, J. G. 1876. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in the H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25: 177–230, pls. 2–4
- ^ Seguenzia elegans Jeffreys, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
External links
[edit]- Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6
- Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114</ref>
- Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C.; Simone, L. R. L. (2014). Seguenziidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from SE Brazil collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition. Zootaxa. 3878(6): 536
- "Seguenzia elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.