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Seguenzia nitida

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Seguenzia nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Seguenziidae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. nitida
Binomial name
Seguenzia nitida
A. E. Verrill, 1884
Synonyms

Seguenzia formosa var. nitida A. E. Verrill, 1884 (original description)

Seguenzia nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Delaware, USA, at a depth of about 3,700 m.

References

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* Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139–294, pls. 28–32.