Fluxinella membranacea 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 Fluxinella membranacea (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: | Fluxinella |
| Species: | F. membranacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Fluxinella membranacea B. A. Marshall, 1991
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 3.4 mm. Its shell has "a smooth spire, flattened summit, persistent shoulder angulation, and distinctly overhung umbilical wall."[3]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Fluxinella membranacea B. A. Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492332 on 2013-06-10
- ^ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
- ^ Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 7Crosnier, Alain; Bouchet, Philippe (1991). "Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM" (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 7 (150): 68.
- Marshall B. A. 1991 — Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, in CROSNIER A & BOUCHET P. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 150: 41-109.
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Fluxinella membranacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.