Scissurella rota
Appearance
Scissurella rota | |
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Shell of Scissurella rota (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
Family: | Scissurellidae |
Genus: | Scissurella |
Species: | S. rota
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Binomial name | |
Scissurella rota Yaron, 1983
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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
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 1.9 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the East Cape Province, South Africa.
Diet
[edit]Members of this species feed primarily on algae or detritus.
Habitat
[edit]Typically found in the benthic zone of a body of water.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- 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