Gaza compta

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Gaza compta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Gaza
Species:
G. compta
Binomial name
Gaza compta
Simone & Cunha, 2006 [1]

Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Margaritidae. [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 28 mm. The pale beige shell has a weak spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color and they show some marked axial undulations.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil at depths between 700 m and 800 m.

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