''Brookula olearia'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk unassigned in the

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Seguenzioidea.

Description

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 1050 m and 1350 m.

References

* Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). ''List of new marine species described between 2002-2006''. Census of Marine Life. olearia Gastropods described in 2005 {{Seguenzioidea-stub