Ventsia tricarinata

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Ventsia tricarinata is a species of sea snail found near hydrothermal vents in the Lau Basin off Fiji. It is a marine gastropod in the superfamily Seguenzioidea, but its exact family placement is currently uncertain (incertae sedis).

Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Vetigastropoda
- Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
- Family: incertae sedis
- Genus: Ventsia
- Species: V. tricarinata
- Binomial name: Ventsia tricarinata
- Described by: Warén & Bouchet, 1993
- Holotype: Stored at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) in Paris

Distribution
- Lau Basin, near Fiji, at a hydrothermal vent site

Notes
- This article is a stub and lacks extensive information; more research is needed.