Gaza compta

Gaza compta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Margaritidae
Genus:	Gaza
Species:	G. compta
Binomial name
	Gaza compta; Simone & Cunha, 2006

Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Margaritidae.^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 28 mm. The pale beige shell has a weak spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color and they show some marked axial undulations.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil at depths between 700 m and 800 m.

References

^ Simone & Cunha. 2006. Zootaxa Volume: 1318 Pages: 1–40. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

Luiz Ricardo L. Simone & Carlo M. Cunha, Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species; Zootaxa1318: 1–40 (2006)

External links

"Gaza compta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[1] Simone & Cunha. 2006. Zootaxa Volume: 1318 Pages: 1–40. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

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