Quinnia patula
| Quinnia patula | |
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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: | Quinnia |
| Species: | Q. patula
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| Binomial name | |
| Quinnia patula (Marshall, 1983) [1]
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Quinnia patula is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2][3]
Description[edit]
The white, thin, umbilicate, and depressed shell is markedly broader (8.35 mm) than high (5.65 mm). It is translucent nacreous.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand at depths of about 1,800 m.
References[edit]
- ^ Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262
- ^ a b WoRMS (2013). Quinnia patula (Marshall, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492353 on 2013-06-10
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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