Scissurella rota | |
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Shell of Scissurella rota (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
Family: | Scissurellidae |
Genus: | Scissurella |
Species: | S. rota |
Binomial name | |
Scissurella rota Yaron, 1983 | |
Scissurella rota is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails. [1] [2]
The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 1.9 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the East Cape Province, South Africa.
Members of this species feed primarily on algae or detritus.
Typically found in the benthic zone of a body of water.
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