Bruceiella laevigata

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Bruceiella laevigata
Bruceiella laevigata (MNHN-IM-2012-37689).jpeg
Shell of Bruceiella laevigata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Bruceiella
Species:
B. laevigata
Binomial name
Bruceiella laevigata
B. A. Marshall, 1994

Bruceiella laevigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, at a depth of 1242 metres

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bruceiella laevigata B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598288 on 2012-09-01