Carenzia nitens is a species[1] of small deep water sea snail[2] in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
Carenzia nitens | |
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Shell of Carenzia nitens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Seguenziidae |
Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
Genus: | Carenzia |
Species: | C. nitens
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Binomial name | |
Carenzia nitens Marshall, 1991
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.[1] The holotype was obtained from depths between 1,320 and 1,620 m (4,330 and 5,310 ft).[2]
Description
editThe shell can reach 2.6 mm (0.10 in) in width and is about as wide as it is high.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Carenzia nitens Marshall, 1991". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ a b c 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. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 41–109 [80].