Scissurella manawatawhia

Scissurella manawatawhia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species: S. manawatawhia
Binomial name
Scissurella manawatawhia
Powell, 1937

Scissurella manawatawhia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae. [1]

Description

The minute, thin, white shell grows to a height of 1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493073 on 2013-03-22


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