Fluxinella lepida is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
| Fluxinella lepida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Fluxinella |
| Species: | F. lepida
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| Binomial name | |
| Fluxinella lepida Marshall, 1983
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Description
editThe white, depressed shell is wider (7.30 mm) than high (3.35 mm). It is thin, highly polished and translucent nacreous.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella lepida Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492331 on 2013-06-10
- ^ Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10: 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911.
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