''Scissurella cyprina'', common name the Venus slit shell, 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
marine
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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 ...
mollusk or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
in the
family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
[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. (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)]
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
* 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 LifeTo World Register of Marine Species*
Scissurellidae
Gastropods described in 1938
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