Provanna segonzaci

Species of gastropod

Provanna segonzaci
Shell of Provanna segonzaci (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Provannidae
Genus: Provanna
Species:
P. segonzaci
Binomial name
Provanna segonzaci
Warén & Ponder, 1991

Provanna segonzaci is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in hydrothermal vents off the Valufa Ridge, southeast of Fiji.

References

  1. ^ Provanna segonzaci Warén & Ponder, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  • Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.
  • Warén A. & Ponder W.F. (1991). New species, anatomy, and systematic position of the hydrothermal vent and hydrocarbon seep gastropod family Provannidae fam.n. (Caenogastropoda). Zoologica Scripta. 20(1): 27-56
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231


Taxon identifiers
Provanna segonzaci
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