Seguenzia hapala

Seguenzia hapala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Seguenziidae
Genus:	Seguenzia
Species:	S. hapala
Binomial name
Seguenzia hapala Woodring, 1928 [1]
Synonyms
Seguenzia monocingulataauct. non Seguenza, 1876

Seguenzia hapala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. ^[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm. The species is a deitrivore.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida and Northern Brazil at depths between 80 m and 150 m. The species is tropical and most commonly found on soft substrates; with a range of 25°N - 30°S, 82°E - 50°E. ^[3]

References

1. Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls
2. Seguenzia hapala Woodring, 1928 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.
3. "Seguenzia hapala, Pygmy seguenzia". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Seguenzia hapala". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.