Scissurella clathrata
| Scissurella clathrata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. clathrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a height of 1.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
[edit]- Antarctic Invertebrates
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
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