''Carenzia'' is a
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Seguenziidae
Seguenziidae is a family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2012). Seguenziidae. Accessed through ...
.
Species
According to the
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Carenzia'':
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Carenzia acanthodes
''Carenzia acanthodes'' is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. The holotype was obtained from depths between .
Description
The shell can reach in widt ...
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Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia carinata
''Carenzia carinata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2.7 mm and 4.4 mm. The shell thin, transparent, glossy, but not nacreous forms ...
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Carenzia fastigiata''
B. A. Marshall, 1983
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Carenzia golikovi
''Carenzia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Carenzia'': ...
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Geiger, 2017
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Carenzia inermis
''Carenzia inermis'' is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.WoRMS (2013). ''Carenzia inermis'' (Quinn, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...
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Quinn, 1983
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Carenzia marismontis
''Carenzia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Carenzia'': ...
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Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
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Carenzia melvillii
''Carenzia melvilli'' is a species of small deep water sea snails, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Seguenziidae.
Description
Shell
It has a conical, scalar, umbilicate, whitish shell. It is moderately ...
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, 1909)
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Carenzia nitens
''Carenzia nitens'' is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. The holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, k ...
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Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia ornata
''Carenzia ornata'' is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. The holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, kn ...
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Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia serrata
''Carenzia serrata'' is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. The holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, k ...
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Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia trispinosa
''Carenzia trispinosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Description
(Original description by Watson) The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 4.8 mm.
The thin, smooth, umbilicat ...
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, 1879)
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Carenzia venusta
''Carenzia venusta'' is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.WoRMS (2013). ''Carenzia venusta''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
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Marshall, 1983
References
* Marshall 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
External links
Quinn J. (1983). ''Carenzia, a new genus of Seguenziacea with the description of a new species''. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(3): 355-364
Seguenziidae
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