Thelyssina sterrha

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Thelyssina sterrha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Asthelysinae
Genus: Thelyssina
Species:
T. sterrha
Binomial name
Thelyssina sterrha
Marshall, 1983

Thelyssina sterrha is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Thelyssina sterrha. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492392 on 2013-04-14