Sinezona mouchezi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2][3]
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| Shell of Sinezona mouchezi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Sinezona |
| Species: | S. mouchezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sinezona mouchezi (Vélain, 1877)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Schismope mouchezi Vélain, 1877 | |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off St Paul Island, Southern Indian Ocean
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Sinezona mouchezi (Vélain, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492822 on 2013-02-16
- ^ Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):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. (30 October 2012)
- Vélain, C., 1877. Observations générales sur la faune des deux îles suivies d'une description des mollusques. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 6: 1-144, part. Zoologie
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