Fluxinella lepida

Fluxinella lepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species: F. lepida
Binomial name
Fluxinella lepida
Marshall, 1983

Fluxinella lepida is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

Description

The white, depressed shell is wider (7.30 mm) than high (3.35 mm). It is thin, highly polished and translucent nacreous.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.

References

External identifiers for Fluxinella lepida
Encyclopedia of Life 15757239
WoRMS 492331


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