Scissurella reticulata

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Scissurella reticulata
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shell of Scissurella reticulata (lectotype at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species:
S. reticulata
Binomial name
Scissurella reticulata
Philippi, 1853

Scissurella reticulata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell has a diameter of 2 mm. The white shell is thin, transparent, and glassy. It has an ovate shape, but it is rather depressed. The spire consists of 3½ convex whorls that increase pretty rapidly The striae of growth are cut into a reticulation by impressed transverse lines. The umbilicus is moderate, showing none of the whorls. The aperture is obliquely ovate.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella reticulata Philippi, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493085 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)
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