Scissurella jucunda
| Scissurella jucunda | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Scissurella jucunda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. jucunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Scissurella jucunda is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[2][3]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 1.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena and Ascension Island.
References
- ↑ Smith E. A. (1890) Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1890): 247-317, pl 21-24. (August 1890). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493067 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)
External links
| External identifiers for Scissurella jucunda | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4793703 |
| WoRMS | 493067 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
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