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Fluxinella lepida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Seguenzioidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Seguenziidae

Fluxinella lepida is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

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Description

The white, depressed shell is wider (7.30 mm) than high (3.35 mm). It is thin, highly polished and translucent nacreous.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.

References

Fluxinella lepida Wikipedia