Scissurella rota

Scissurella rota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
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

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

Distribution

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

References

  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)

External links

External identifiers for Scissurella rota
Encyclopedia of Life 4793702
WoRMS 493086


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