Biology:Scissurella petermannensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Scissurella petermannensis | |
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| Shell of Scissurella petermannensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. petermannensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910 [1]
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Scissurella petermannensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters, off the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and the South Orkneys at depths to 31 m.
References
- ↑ Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigée par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908-1910). Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. J. Liouville. Gastropodes Prosobranches et Scaphopode. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1910: 318-324.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 September 2010.
- Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1912. The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Being a supplementary catalogue. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 48: 333–366, 1 pl
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
- Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2), pp. 393–443
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 ☰ Q7434094 entry
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