Costentalina elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Gadilida
Family: Entalinidae
Genus: Costentalina
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Costentalina elegans
Chistikov, 1982[1]

Costentalina elegans is a species of medium-sized tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Entalinidae. It is found in Australia and the Indian Ocean. It is an abyssal species and lives at a depth of 5100 to 5800 m.

References

  1. The modern Entalinidae (Scaphopoda, Gadilida). 2 The subfamily Heteroschismoidinae. SD Chistikov, Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 61 (9), pages 1309-1321, 1982


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