Biology:Scissurella cyprina
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Scissurella cyprina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. cyprina
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
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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.[1][2][3]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia; off Tasmania.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493050 on 2013-02-16
- ↑ Geiger D.L. & Jansen P. (2004). New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species. Zootaxa 714:1-72.
- ↑ 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)
- Cotton, B. C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide, W.L. Hawes. 449 pp., 1 pl.
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn
- Jansen, P., 1999. The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Scissurella (Scissurella) cyprina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_6689.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q14323670 entry
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