Scissurella morretesi

Scissurella morretesi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2]

Scissurella morretesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. morretesi
Binomial name
Scissurella morretesi
Montouchet, 1972

Description

The shell grows to a height of 0.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off East Brazil.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Scissurella morretesi Montouchet, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493077 on 2013-02-16
  2. 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)
  • Montouchet, P. C. 1972. Three new species of Scissurellidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from the coast of Brazil. Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, São Paulo 21: 1-13


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