Fluxinella membranacea

Fluxinella membranacea is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 3.4 mm. Its shell has "a smooth spire, flattened summit, persistent shoulder angulation, and distinctly overhung umbilical wall."

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

• 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.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• World Register of Marine Species