Scissurelloidea

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Scissurelloidea
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Shell of Scissurella costata
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Scissurelloidea

Gray, 1847
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Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda. [1]

Taxonomy

This superfamily consists of two following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Geiger (2009) [2] updated two other subfamilies to family level:

Superfamily Scissurelloidea:

Related Research Articles

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Depressizona is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Scissurelloidea.

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Anatoma plicatazona is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.

Satondella azonata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Scissurella cyprina, common name the Venus slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Sinezona calumnior is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Sinezona hawaiiensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Sinezona kayae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Anatoma bathypacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.

Anatoma gunteri, common name Gunther's split shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.

Anatoma kelseyi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.