Scissurella jucunda

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Scissurella jucunda
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Original drawing of a shell of Scissurella jucunda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. jucunda
Binomial name
Scissurella jucunda
E. A. Smith, 1890 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Scissurella smithiThiele, 1912

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

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Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena and Ascension Island.

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References

  1. Smith E. A. (1890) Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1890): 247-317, pl 21-24. (August 1890). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493067 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)