Scissurella staminea

Scissurella staminea
Shell of Scissurella staminea (syntype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Scissurellidae
Genus:	Scissurella
Species:	S. staminea
Binomial name
Scissurella staminea (A. Adams, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
Anatomus stamineusA. Adams, 1862

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

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2 mm. The depressed shell has an ovate shape. The spire is plane. The umbilicus is moderate. The two whorls are nearly plane. They are broadly clathrate with thread-like elevated radiating lines, stronger below the carina, and concentric elevated striae. The umbilical region has elevated concentric lines. The aperture is rounded-ovate. The inner lip is receding.

This species is widely clathrate, with conspicuous thread-like radiating and concentric lines, the former of which assume on the spire a lamellar character. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella staminea (A. Adams, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493089 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)
3. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII (described as Anatomus stamineus)

• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Scissurella staminea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.