Guttula galatheae

Guttula galatheae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Genus: Guttula
Species: G. galatheae
Binomial name
Guttula galatheae
Knudsen, 1964

Guttula galatheae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, in the Kermadec Trench at depths between 6,660 m and 6,770 m.

References


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