genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (acc ...
, the small slit snails.WoRMS : Scissurella; accessed : 21 March 2013 /ref>
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...
)
* ''Scissurella cancellata'' : synonym of ''
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* ''Scissurella carinata'' : synonym of '' Sukashitrochus carinatus''
* ''Scissurella chiricova'' : synonym of '' Anatoma chiricova''
* ''Scissurella cingulata'' - belt scissurelle: synonym of '' Sinezona cingulata''
* ''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 costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* ''Scissurella declinans'' : synonym of '' Scissurella mirifica''
* † ''Scissurella decussata'' : synonym of ''
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* ''Scissurella disciformis'' : synonym of Anatoma disciformis
* ''Scissurella dorbignyii'' : synonym of '' Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
* ''Scissurella dorbignyi'' : synonym of ''
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* ''Scissurella elatior'' : synonym of '' Anatoma crispata''
* ''Scissurella elegans'' : synonym of ''
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* ''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 costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
''
* † ''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''
* ''Scissurella rimuloides'' : synonym of '' Sinezona rimuloides''
* ''Scissurella rosea'' : synonym of '' Incisura rosea''
* ''Scissurella sagamiana'' : synonym of '' Thieleella sagamiana''
* ''Scissurella smithi'' : synonym of '' Scissurella jucunda''
* ''Scissurella stellae'' : synonym of '' Scissurella prendrevillei''
* ''Scissurella striatula'' : synonym of ''
Scissurella costata
''Scissurella costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
The thin, white shell is transparent. The spire is de ...
*
* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
* Bandel K. (1998) Scissurellidae als Modell für die Variationsbreite einer natürlichen Einheit der Schlitzbandschnecken (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg, 81: 1–120
* 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.