Scissurella petermannensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.[2]
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| Shell of Scissurella petermannensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. petermannensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910 [1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm. It has been described as having prominent lamellar ribs and being similar in shape to Scissurella coronata.[3]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Antarctic waters, off the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and the South Orkneys at depths to 31 m.
References
edit- ^ Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigée par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908-1910). Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. J. Liouville. Gastropodes Prosobranches et Scaphopode. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1910: 318-324.
- ^ a b Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 September 2010.
- ^ naturelle (France), M. national d’histoire, & naturelle (France), M. national d’histoire. (1910). Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle: Vol. t.16 (1910). Paris Imprimerie nationale 1907-1971. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137434
- Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1912. The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Being a supplementary catalogue. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 48: 333–366, 1 pl
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
- Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2), pp. 393–443
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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