Sinezona pacifica

Sinezona pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Scissurellidae
Subfamily:	Scissurellinae
Genus:	Sinezona
Species:	S. pacifica
Binomial name
*Sinezona pacifica* (Oliver, 1915) ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Daizona pacifica Bandel, 1998 Schismope pacifica Oliver, 1915

Sinezona pacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.^[2]

Description

The height of the shell reaches 1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island; New South Wales and Southwest Western Australia.

References

↑ Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12
1 2 Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2010.

Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1-119
Jansen, P. (1999). The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia. 31 (291)
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

External links

Gastropods.com: Sinezona pacifica

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