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.Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia textilis B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492386 on 2013-06-10
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.
Diet The sea snail feeds on Foraminifera.
History Seguenzia textilis was collected by RV Tangaroa in 1981 but was first identified by Dr Bruce Marshall in 2002.
References
Marshall, B.A. 1983: Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 235-262
External links Encyclopedia of Life World Register of Marine Species