Seguenzia textilis

Seguenzia textilis, commonly known as a marine snail, is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Description

The height of their translucent, nacreous, white shell attains 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin and off the Aldermen Islands at depths between 570 m and 846 m.

History

Seguenzia textilis was collected by RV Tangaroa in 1981 but was first identified by Dr Bruce Marshall in 2002.