Scissurella redferni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[2][3]
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| Scissurella redferni 19a ventral view 19b dorsal view, scale bar 1 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scissurella |
| Species: | S. redferni
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| Binomial name | |
| Scissurella redferni (Rolán, 1996)[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 0.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.
References
edit- ^ Rolán, E. 1996. A new species of Sinezona (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae) from the Caribbean Sea. Iberus 14: 109-112
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Scissurella redferni (Rolán, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493084 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)
External links
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