Sinezona insignis

Sinezona insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species: S. insignis
Binomial name
Sinezona insignis
(E. A. Smith, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismope insignis E. A. Smith, 1910

Sinezona insignis 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 shell grows to a height of 1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, Port Alfred, South Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Sinezona insignis (E. A. Smith, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492815 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 Sinezona insignis
Encyclopedia of Life 4793650
WoRMS 492815


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