Bruceiella laevigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Bruceiella laevigata
Shell of Bruceiella laevigata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Bruceiella
Species:
B. laevigata
Binomial name
Bruceiella laevigata
B. A. Marshall, 1994

Description edit

The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species was found off the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, at a depth of 1242 metres

References edit

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bruceiella laevigata B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598288 on 2012-09-01
  • Marshall, B.A. 1994: Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bones and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus 108: 1-8 (p. 5)

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