Quinnia patula

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Quinnia patula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Quinnia
Species:
Q. patula
Binomial name
Quinnia patula
(Marshall, 1983) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Seguenziella patulaMarshall, 1983 (original description)

Quinnia patula is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. [2] [3]

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Description

The white, thin, umbilicate, and depressed shell is markedly broader (8.35 mm) than high (5.65 mm). It is translucent nacreous.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand at depths of about 1,800 m.

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References

  1. Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2013). Quinnia patula (Marshall, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492353 on 2013-06-10
  3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)