Incisura rosea

Incisura rosea
Drawing of a shell of Incisura rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Incisura
Species: I. rosea
Binomial name
Incisura rosea
(Hedley, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Incisura (Scissurona) rosea rosea (Hedley, 1904)
  • Scissurona rosea (Hedley, 1904)
  • Scissurella rosea Hedley, 1904

Incisura rosea, common name the rosy slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae. [1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Incisura rosea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492790 on 2012-07-18

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