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

Seguenzia compta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Seguenzia
Species:
S. compta
Binomial name
Seguenzia compta
B. A. Marshall, 1983

Description

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The translucent and nacreous white shell is usually up to 6.8 mm wide and 6.5 mm high.[1]

Distribution

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It occurs off New Zealand in the Bounty Trough at a depth of 1,386 m.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (3): 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911. ISSN 0301-4223.
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