Scissurella clathrata
Scissurella clathrata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2][3][4]
Scissurella clathrata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Clade: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
Family: | Scissurellidae |
Genus: | Scissurella |
Species: | S. clathrata |
Binomial name | |
Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell grows to a height of 1.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Scissurella clathrata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493046 on 2013-02-16
- Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393-443.
- Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2008) Scissurella clathrata in the San Jorge Gulf (Argentina) and the identity of the enigmatic S. dalli Bartsch, 1903 (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). Zoosymposia 1: 265-269.
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7. (30 October 2012)
External links
- To Antarctic Invertebrates
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
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