Scissurella rota

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

Scissurella rota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. rota
Binomial name
Scissurella rota
Yaron, 1983

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the East Cape Province, South Africa.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella rota Yaron, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493086 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)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Scissurella (Scissurella) rota". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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