Carenzia nitens

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Carenzia nitens
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Shell of Carenzia nitens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Carenzia
Species:
C. nitens
Binomial name
Carenzia nitens
Marshall, 1991

Carenzia nitens is a species [1] of small deep water sea snail [2] in the family Seguenziidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. [1] The holotype was obtained from depths between 1,320 and 1,620 m (4,330 and 5,310 ft). [2]

Description

The shell can reach 2.6 mm (0.10 in) in width and is about as wide as it is high. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Carenzia nitens Marshall, 1991". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Marshall, B.A. (1991). "Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 41–109 [80].


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