Fluxinella membranacea

Fluxinella membranacea is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Fluxinella membranacea
Shell of Fluxinella membranacea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species:
F. membranacea
Binomial name
Fluxinella membranacea
B. A. Marshall, 1991

Description

The 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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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