''Coenaculum secundum'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the

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Cimidae The Cimidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the infraclass Lower Heterobranchia Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slug Sea s ...

. The species is one of four known species to exist within the genus ''

Coenaculum Coenaculum, the term applied to the eating-room of a Roman house in which the supper (''coena'') or latest meal was taken. It was sometimes placed in an upper storey and reached by an external staircase. The Last Supper in the New Testament was t ...

'', with the other species being ''

Coenaculum minutulum ''Coenaculum minutulum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cimidae. The species is one of four known species to exist within the genus, ''Coenaculum'' with the other species being '' Coenaculum secundum'', ''Co ...

'', ''

Coenaculum tertium ''Coenaculum tertium'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cimidae. The species is one of four known species to exist within the genus, ''Coenaculum Coenaculum, the term applied to the eating-room of a Roman h ...

'' and '' Coenaculum weerdtae''.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3175040 Cimidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1937