''Scissurella manawatawhia'' is a
species of minute
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Scissurellidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493073 on 2013-03-22]
Description
The minute, thin, white shell grows to a height of 1 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Zealand
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
A.W.B. Powell, ''New species of marine mollusca from New Zealand'', Discovery Report, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain, v. 15, 1937* 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.
Scissurellidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1937
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