''Anxietas'' is a

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of extremely small deep water

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the

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Seguenziidae Seguenziidae is a family (biology), family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastr ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Anxietas''. Retrieved through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492296 on 2013-04-14Marshall B.A. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109.

Species

Species within the genus ''Anxietas'' include: *'' Anxietas exigua'' Marshall, 1991 *'' Anxietas inspirata'' Marshall, 1991 *'' Anxietas perplexa'' Iredale, 1917

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ITIS

World Register of Marine Species
Seguenziidae Gastropod genera {{Seguenziidae-stub