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Seguenzia elegans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Seguenziidae

Scientific name
  
Seguenzia elegans

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Seguenzioidea

Genus
  
Seguenzia

Rank
  
Species

Seguenzia elegans

Seguenzia elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 4.3 mm. The base is perforated or umbilicated. The fissure of the outer lip is close to the suture. The columella is produced below. The aperture is broadly truncately sinuous on the base.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bay of Biscay, Madeira, Bermuda and Argentine.

References

Seguenzia elegans Wikipedia