Scissurella redferni
Scissurella redferni 19a ventral view 19b dorsal view, scale bar 1 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. redferni
Binomial name
Scissurella redferni
(Rolán, 1996) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Sinezona redferni Rolán, 1996

Scissurella redferni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 0.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

References

  1. ↑ Rolán, E. 1996. A new species of Sinezona (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae) from the Caribbean Sea. Iberus 14: 109-112
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella redferni (Rolán, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493084 on 2013-02-16
  3. ↑ 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)


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