Scissurella ornata

Scissurella ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species: S. ornata
Binomial name
Scissurella ornata
May, 1908

Scissurella ornata, common name the ornate slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella ornata May, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493079 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)

External links

External identifiers for Scissurella ornata
Encyclopedia of Life 4793685
WoRMS 493079


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