Ancistrobasis adonis is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Ancistrobasis adonis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Ancistrobasis |
| Species: | A. adonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancistrobasis adonis Marshall, 1991
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 17 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2013). Ancistrobasis adonis Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492320 on 2013-06-10
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Marshall, B. A. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A. 150:41-109
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