Gaza cubana

Gaza cubana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Gaza
Species: G. cubana
Binomial name
Gaza cubana
Clench & Aguayo, 1940
Synonyms[1]

Gaza superba cubana Clench & Aguayo, 1940 (basionym)

Gaza cubana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 37 mm. The pale beige, discoid shell has a weak but marked spiral sculpture. But the first two whorls of the teleoconch have a purple color. The open umbilicus is only sealed for about 75% by the callus of the inner lip. The apex is preserved. The spire is low and flat.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 329 m and 1080 m.

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