''Sinezona subantarctica'' is a species of minute

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, a

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in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.Bouchet, P. (2012). Sinezona subantarctica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600500 on 2012-07-18

Distribution

This species is endemic to

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, south of New Zealand.

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). ''Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda).'' Malacologia 49(2):393-443 * Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) ''New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond''. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33 Scissurellidae Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1916 {{Scissurellidae-stub