Fucaria mystax
Fucaria mystax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Fucaria mystax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Fucaria |
| Species: | F. mystax |
| Binomial name | |
| Fucaria mystax Warén & Bouchet, 2001 | |
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off hydrothermal vents of the Edison seamount at a depth of 1483 m.[2]
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References
- Fucaria mystax Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Crispin T. S. Little, Taniel Danelian, Richard J. Herrington, Rachel M. Haymon, Early Jurassic Hydrothermal Vent Community from the Franciscan Complex, California; Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 78, No. 3 (May, 2004), pp. 542-559
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116-231
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