Scissurella georgica
Appearance
Scissurella georgica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Scissurellidae |
Genus: | Scissurella |
Species: | S. georgica
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Binomial name | |
Scissurella georgica Davolos & Moolenbeek, 2005[1]
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Scissurella georgica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a height of 1 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in cold waters off South Georgia.
References
[edit]- ^ Davolos & Moolenbeek. 2005. Gloria Maris 44(6) : 128–145. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Scissurella georgica Davolos & Moolenbeek, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Davolos J. & Moolenbeek R.G. 2005. The intertidal gastropods of South Georgia. Part I: Patellidae, Scissurellidae, Trochidae and Cerithiidae. Gloria Maris 44(6) : 128-145
- 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