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Scissurella rota

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Scissurella rota
Shell of Scissurella rota (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. rota
Binomial name
Scissurella rota
Yaron, 1983

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]

Description

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

Distribution

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

Diet

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Members of this species feed primarily on algae or detritus.

Habitat

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Typically found in the benthic zone of a body of water.

References

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  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)
  • 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.
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  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Scissurella (Scissurella) rota". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Yaron, I. (1983). A review of the Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Red Sea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 84: 263-279
  • Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98