Sinezona laqueus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.[1]

Sinezona laqueus
Shell of Sinezona laqueus (specimen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species:
S. laqueus
Binomial name
Sinezona laqueus
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismope beddomei Suter, 1913
  • Schismope laqueus Finlay, 1927

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Sinezona laqueus (Finlay, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492817 on 2013-03-24
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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.