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sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusc
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Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.WoRMS : Scissurella; accessed : 21 March 2013 /ref>
Species
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Scissurella condita
''Scissurella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.
Species
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nomen dubium
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* ''Scissurella cancellata'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella carinata'' : synonym of '' Sukashitrochus carinatus''
* ''Scissurella chiricova'' : synonym of '' Anatoma chiricova''
* ''Scissurella cingulata'' - belt scissurelle: synonym of ''
Sinezona cingulata
''Sinezona cingulata'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the extremely minute shell varies between 0.6 mm and 1 mm. The white, fragile and thin shell ha ...
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* ''Scissurella columbiana'' : synonym of ''Sinezona confusa''
* ''Scissurella concinna'' : synonym of '' Sinezona concinna'' (nomen dubium)
* ''Scissurella conica'' : synonym of '' Anatoma conica''
* ''Scissurella crispata'' : synonym of '' Anatoma crispata''
* ''Scissurella decipiens'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella declinans'' : synonym of '' Scissurella mirifica''
* † ''Scissurella decussata'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella disciformis'' : synonym of Anatoma disciformis
* ''Scissurella dorbignyii'' : synonym of '' Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
* ''Scissurella dorbignyi'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella elatior'' : synonym of '' Anatoma crispata''
* ''Scissurella elegans'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella epicharis'' : synonym of '' Anatoma keenae''
* ''Scissurella equatoria'' : synonym of '' Anatoma equatoria''
* ''Scissurella eucharista'' : synonym of ''Scissurella clathrata''
* ''Scissurella euglypta'' : synonym of '' Anatoma euglypta''
* ''Scissurella eximia'' : synonym of '' Anatoma eximia'' )
* ''Scissurella exquisita'' : synonym of '' Anatoma exquisita''
* ''Scissurella fairchildi'' : synonym of '' Scissurella prendrevillei''
* ''Scissurella funnazzensis'' : synonym of '' Anatoma tenuisculpta''
* † ''Scissurella geoffreyi'' Laws, 1940: synonym of '' Incisura geoffreyi'' (Laws, 1940) (original combination)
* ''Scissurella jacksoni'' : synonym of '' Anatoma jacksoni''
* ''Scissurella josephinae'' : synonym of '' Anatoma josephinae''
* ''Scissurella jucunda'' E. A. Smith, 1910: synonym of ''Scissurella jucunda'' E. A. Smith, 1890 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Scissurella jucunda'' E. A. Smith, 1890; ''S. smithi'' is a replacement name)
* ''Scissurella keenae'' : synonym of '' Anatoma keenae''
* ''Scissurella kelseyi'' : synonym of '' Thieleella kelseyi''
* ''Scissurella laevigata'' : synonym of'' Scissurella costata''
* ''Scissurella lyra'' - lyre scissurelle: synonym of'' Anatoma lyra''
* ''Scissurella lyttleltonensis'' : synonym of '' Incisura lytteltonensis''
* ''Scissurella malvinarum'' : synonym of '' Scissurella clathrata''
* ''Scissurella marshalli'' : synonym of '' Scissurella prendrevillei''
* ''Scissurella maxima'' : synonym of '' Anatoma maxima''
* ''Scissurella medioplicata'' : synonym of '' Scissurella petermannensis''
* ''Scissurella miranda'' : synonym of '' Sukashitrochus mirandus''
* ''Scissurella modesta'' : synonym of '' Sinezona modesta''
* ''Scissurella munieri'' : synonym of '' Anatoma munieri''
* ''Scissurella obtusata'' : synonym of '' Anatoma obtusata''
* ''Scissurella padangensis'' : synonym of '' Sinezona ferriezi''
* ''Scissurella palaeomphaloides'' : synonym of '' Anatoma crispata''
* ''Scissurella paumotuensis'' : synonym of '' Sinezona paumotuensis''
* ''Scissurella plicata'' : synonym of '' Scissurella costata''
* † ''Scissurella praecrispata'' Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978: synonym of † '' Praescissurella praecrispata'' (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1977) (superseded combination)
* ''Scissurella proxima'' - Florida scissurelle: synonym of '' Anatoma proxima''
* ''Scissurella pseudoequatoria'' : synonym of '' Anatoma pseudoequatoria''
* ''Scissurella regia'' : synonym of '' Anatoma regia''
* ''Scissurella richardi'' : synonym of ''
Anatoma tenuis
''Anatoma tenuis'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Anatoma tenuis'' (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
Anatoma tenuis
''Anatoma tenuis'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Anatoma tenuis'' (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
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* Geiger D. L. (2003) ''Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species frop Easter Island and Australia''. ''Molluscan Research'' 23: 21–83
* 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.