Gaza superba

Gaza superba
	Various views of shells of Gaza superba with the operculum visible in place
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Subfamily:	Margaritinae
Genus:	Gaza
Species:	G. superba
Binomial name
	Gaza superba; (Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
	Callogaza superba Dall, 1881; Gaza superba Dall 1889; Gaza (Callogaza) superba Thiele 1929; Gaza watsoni Rios 1985;

Gaza superba is a species of deep sea sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Description

The shell is 2,5 to 4 cm. in width and present a spire somewhat elavated. Apex open in adult. Umbilicus about 75% covered by callus. The color of the shelll is old ivory a Golden sheen. The early whorls faintly wine colored. The operculum is circular and yellow to brown colors^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Distribution

Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.^[7]

Habitat

Muddy sand bottom; from 380 to 925 m depth, mostly around 600 m depth.^[7]

References

↑ Gaza superba (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
↑ ABBOTT, R.T. 1954: American Seashells. D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. New York. xiv + 541 p.
↑ ABBOTT, R.T. 1983: Compendium of Seashells, pg.40.
↑ ABBOTT, R.T. & DANCE, S.P. 1983: Compendium of Seashells, pg.40.
↑ CLENCH, W.J. & ABBOTT, R.T. 1943: The genera Gaza and Livona in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 12: 1–12.
↑ QUINN, JAMES F. JR. 1979: Biological results of the University Deep Sea Expeditions130. The systematics and zoogeography of the gastropod Family Trochidae Collected in the straits of Florida and its approaches. Malacología 19(1): 1-62.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 SIMONE, L.R.L. & C.M. CUNHA. 2006: Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species. Zootaxa 1318: 1–40. PDF

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[WoRMS-1] Gaza superba (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

[2] ABBOTT, R.T. 1954: American Seashells. D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. New York. xiv + 541 p.

[3] ABBOTT, R.T. 1983: Compendium of Seashells, pg.40.

[4] ABBOTT, R.T. & DANCE, S.P. 1983: Compendium of Seashells, pg.40.

[5] CLENCH, W.J. & ABBOTT, R.T. 1943: The genera Gaza and Livona in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 12: 1–12.

[6] QUINN, JAMES F. JR. 1979: Biological results of the University Deep Sea Expeditions130. The systematics and zoogeography of the gastropod Family Trochidae Collected in the straits of Florida and its approaches. Malacología 19(1): 1-62.

[SIMONE_AND_COL,_2006-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 SIMONE, L.R.L. & C.M. CUNHA. 2006: Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species. Zootaxa 1318: 1–40. PDF

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