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

Fluxinella lepida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species:
F. lepida
Binomial name
Fluxinella lepida
Marshall, 1983

Description

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The white, depressed shell is wider (7.30 mm) than high (3.35 mm). It is thin, highly polished and translucent nacreous.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella lepida Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492331 on 2013-06-10
  2. ^ Marshall, B. A. (1983). "Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10: 235–261. doi:10.1080/03014223.1983.10423911.
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