Sinezona semicostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.[1]
| Sinezona semicostata | |
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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. semicostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Sinezona semicostata Burnay & Rolán, 1990
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cape Verde and in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Sinezona semicostata Burnay & Rolán, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- 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 semicostata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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