Sukashitrochus lyallensis | |
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Shell of Sukashitrochus lyallensis (specimen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Scissurellidae |
Genus: | Sukashitrochus |
Species: | S. lyallensis |
Binomial name | |
Sukashitrochus lyallensis (Finlay, 1927) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Sukashitrochus lyallensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae. [1]
Sukashitrochus lyallensis is generally found in New Zealand. It is found in water up to a depth of 240 m. [1]
At 1.5 mm in height and 1.8 mm in width, its shell is larger than Sinezona iota and Sinezona laques . [2]
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Sinezona is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Sinezona brevis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.
Sinezona iota is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae.
Sinezona levigata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Sinezona pacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Sinezona cingulata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Sinezona globosa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Sinezona semicostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Sinezona singeri is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells. The species is characterized by its medium-sized shell, with constriction below the selenizone and irregular spaced fine axials. It was discovered in the Red Sea and its range spreads across the Western Indian Ocean. The species eat algae from their silt substrates and are preyed upon by fish or starfish.
Sukashitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod [[mollusc]s in the family Scissurellidae.
Sinezona confusa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Sinezona beddomei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sinezona doliolum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sinezona ferriezi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sinezona insignis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sinezona plicata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sinezona wanganellica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sukashitrochus estotiensis is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Sukashitrochus pulcher is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.