Asthelys semiplicata

Asthelys semiplicata
Shell of Asthelys semiplicata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Asthelysinae
Genus: Asthelys
Species:
A. semiplicata
Binomial name
Asthelys semiplicata
Marshall, 1991

Asthelys semiplicata is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and off Queensland, Australia at depths between 1330 m and 1620 m.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2012). Asthelys semiplicata Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492310 on 2013-04-14
  2. ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  • Marshall B.A. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109.


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