Halystes chimaera is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.WoRMS (2013). Halystes chimaera Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492411 on 2013-06-10Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) It was described by B.A. Marshall in 1988 and is the sole species within the genus Halystes. It can be found in much of the southwest Pacific, inhabiting deep-sea environments.
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External links Antarctic Invertebrates Encyclopedia of Life USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection World Register of Marine Species