Sukashitrochus lyallensis

Sukashitrochus lyallensis
Shell of Sukashitrochus lyallensis (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: Sukashitrochus
Species:
S. lyallensis
Binomial name
Sukashitrochus lyallensis
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismope atkinsoni Suter, 1913
  • Schismope lyallensis Finlay, 1927
  • Sinezona lyallensis (Finlay, 1927)

Sukashitrochus lyallensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.[1]

Habitat

Sukashitrochus lyallensis is generally found in New Zealand. It is found in water up to a depth of 240 m.[1]

Shell description

At 1.5 mm in height and 1.8 mm in width, its shell is larger than Sinezona iota and Sinezona laques.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c WoRMS : Sukashitrochus lyallensis; accessed : 21 October 2010
  2. ^ Finlay, H.J. "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  • 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


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