Sinezona pacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.[1]
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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: | Sinezona |
| Species: | S. pacifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915)
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Description
editThe height of the shell reaches 1 mm. The width of the shell is greater than the height, with a low spire. The shells are white.[2]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island; New South Wales and Southwest Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2010.
- ^ "Sinezona pacifica". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1–119
- Jansen, P. (1999). The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia. 31 (291)
- 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
External links
edit- "Sinezona pacifica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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