Biology:Satondella danieli

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Satondella danieli
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Satondella
Species:
S. danieli
Binomial name
Satondella danieli
Segers, Swinnen & Abreu, 2009[1]

Satondella danieli is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.4 mm; it is white and partially translucent. The aperture is irregularly oval-shaped and polygonal with a short slit.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.

References

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q14313456 entry