Seguenzia transenna

Seguenzia transenna is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.^[1]

Seguenzia transenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Seguenziidae
Subfamily:	Seguenziinae
Genus:	Seguenzia
Species:	S. transenna
Binomial name
Seguenzia transenna B. A. Marshall, 1983

Description

The height of this translucent, nacreous, white shell attains 3.1 mm, with a similar width of 2.8 mm.^[2]

Distribution

The type specimen of this marine species was found off New Zealand in the Tasman Basin at a depth of 1029 m.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2013). Seguenzia transenna B.A. Marshall, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492385 on 2013-06-10
2. "NZ Mollusca - Seguenzia transenna". mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-06-06.

• 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