Seguenzia monocingulata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2] It resembles Seguenzia formosa and has been regarded as a synonym of that (extant) species. However the two species are distinct, based on shell morphology.[3]
| Seguenzia monocingulata | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Seguenzia monocingulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Genus: | Seguenzia |
| Species: | †S. monocingulata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Seguenzia monocingulata Seguenza, 1876 [1]
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 4 mm. The white, imperforate shell has a high conoid shape. The whorls have revolving ribs, of which the last has about four distant prominent ones, besides minor striae on the base.[4]
Distribution
editThis species was originally described by Seguenza from Pliocene fossils found at Torrente Trapani, a locality of the city of Messina, Sicily.[5] It is common in deep-sea deposits from southern Italy.[3]
References
edit- ^ Seguenza, Boll. Comitato Geologico, vii, 188, May, 1876,
- ^ Seguenzia monocingulata Seguenza, 1876. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
- ^ a b Di Geronimo, I.; La Perna, R. (1997). "Pleistocene Bathyal Molluscan Assemblages from Southern Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 103 (3): 398.
- ^ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
- ^ Dautzenberg, Ph.; Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, XXXII. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 p., 5 plates
External links
edit- "Seguenzia monocingulata monocingulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.