Gaza compta
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| genus = Gaza
| species = compta
| authority = Simone & Cunha, 2006{{WRMS source|131193|Simone & Cunha. 2006. Zootaxa Volume: 1318 Pages: 1–40|1 May 2010}}
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Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Margaritidae.{{WRMS species|396507|Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006||1 May 2010}}
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.
References
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- [https://scholar.google.be/scholar?hl=nl&q=%22Revision+of+Gaza+and+Callogaza%22&btnG=&lr= Luiz Ricardo L. Simone & Carlo M. Cunha, Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species; Zootaxa1318: 1–40 (2006)]
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=51557|title=Gaza compta|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 2006
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