| Halystes chimaera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Halystes |
| Species: | H. chimaera |
| Binomial name | |
| Halystes chimaera Marshall, 1988 | |
Halystes chimaera is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. [1] [2] It was described by B.A. Marshall in 1988 and is the sole species within the genus Halystes . It can be found in much of the southwest Pacific, inhabiting deep-sea environments. [1]