Fluxinella membranacea is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 3.4 mm. Its shell has "a smooth spire, flattened summit, persistent shoulder angulation, and distinctly overhung umbilical wall."

Fluxinella membranacea

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

Fluxinella membranacea

References

Marshall B. A. 1991 — Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, in CROSNIER A & BOUCHET P. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 150: 41-109.

Fluxinella membranacea

External links

To Encyclopedia of Life

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

To World Register of Marine Species

membranacea

Gastropods described in 1991