Fluxinella stirophora

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

Fluxinella stirophora
Shell of Fluxinella stirophora (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Fluxinella
Species:
F. stirophora
Binomial name
Fluxinella stirophora
Marshall, 1991

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2013). Fluxinella stirophora Marshall, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492341 on 2013-06-10
  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 CROSNIER A & BOUCHET P. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 150: 41-109.
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Fluxinella stirophora". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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