Scissurella manawatawhia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.[1]
| Scissurella manawatawhia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. manawatawhia
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937
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Description
editThe minute, thin, white shell grows to a height of 1 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Zealand
References
edit- ^ 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
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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.
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