Gaza compta
Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | G. compta |
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| Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006[1] | |
Description
The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 28 mm. The pale beige shell has a weak spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color and they show some marked axial undulations.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil at depths between 700 m and 800 m.
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References
- Simone & Cunha. 2006. Zootaxa Volume: 1318 Pages: 1-40. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
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