Scissurella
Encyclopedia
Scissurella is a genus
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Scissurellidae
, the small slit snails.
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Scissurella :
Species in the genus Scissurella include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
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Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda...
, the small slit snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Scissurella :
- Scissurella alexandrei Montouchet, 1972
- Scissurella altoScissurella altoScissurella alto is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger, 2003 - Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844
- Scissurella azorensisScissurella azorensisScissurella azorensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Nolt, 2008 - Scissurella bertheloti d'Orbigny, 1839
- Scissurella bountyensisScissurella bountyensisScissurella bountyensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Powell, 1933 - Scissurella cebuana (Bandel, 1998)
- Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908
- Scissurella coronata Watson, 1866
- Scissurella costataScissurella costataScissurella costata, common name the shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
d'Orbigny, 1824 - Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
- Scissurella declinans Watson, 1886
- Scissurella electilis Montouchet, 1972
- Scissurella elegans d'Orbigny, 1824
- Scissurella evaensisScissurella evaensisScissurella evaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Bandel, 1998 - Scissurella fairchildiScissurella fairchildiScissurella fairchildi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1933 - Scissurella georgicaScissurella georgicaScissurella georgica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Davolos & Moolenbeek, 2005 - Scissurella josephinae Odhner, 1960
- Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890
- Scissurella kaiseraeScissurella kaiseraeScissurella kaiserae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger, 2006 - Scissurella koeneni Semper, 1865
- Scissurella lobini (Burnay & Rolan, 1990)
- Scissurella lorenziScissurella lorenziScissurella lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger, 2006 - Scissurella malvinarumScissurella malvinarumScissurella malvinarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Zelaya & Geiger, 2007 - Scissurella manawatawhiaScissurella manawatawhiaScissurella manawatawhia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Powell, 1937 - Scissurella maraisorumScissurella maraisorumScissurella maraisorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger, 2006 - Scissurella marshalliScissurella marshalliScissurella marshalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Bandel, 1998 - Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862)
- Scissurella morretesi Montouchet, 1972
- Scissurella obliqua Watson, 1886
- Scissurella ornata May, 1908
- Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910
- Scissurella prendrevilleiScissurella prendrevilleiScissurella prendrevillei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1933 - Scissurella pseudoequatoria Kay, 1979
- Scissurella quadrataScissurella quadrataScissurella quadrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger & Jansen, 2004 - Scissurella redferni (Rolán, 1996)
- Scissurella reticulata Philippi, 1853
- Scissurella richardi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
- Scissurella rota Yaron, 1983
- Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912
- Scissurella spinosaScissurella spinosaScissurella spinosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Geiger & Jansen, 2004 - Scissurella staminea (A. Adams, 1862)
- Scissurella striatula Philippi, 1844
- Scissurella sudanicaScissurella sudanicaScissurella sudanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
Bandel, 1998 - Scissurella supraplicata E.A. Smith, 1875
- Scissurella tenuis Jeffreys, 1877
Species in the genus Scissurella include:
- Scissurella alta Watson, 1886 : synonym of Anatoma altaAnatoma altaAnatoma alta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
(Watson, 1886) - Scissurella caliana DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1919 - Scissurella cingulata O. G. Costa, 1861 - belt scissurelle : synonym of Sinezona cingulataSinezona cingulataSinezona cingulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
(O.G. Costa, 1861) - Scissurella lacuniformis Watson, 1886
- Scissurella laevigata d'Orbigny, 1824 : synonym of Scissurella costataScissurella costataScissurella costata, common name the shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae....
d'Orbigny, 1824 - Scissurella lamellata (A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1862) - Scissurella lyra S. S. Berry, 1947 - lyre scissurelle : synonym of Anatoma lyra (S. Berry, 1947)
- Scissurella proxima DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1927 - Florida scissurelle : synonym of Anatoma proxima (Dall, 1927) - Scissurella soyoae (Habe, 1951)
- Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948 : synonym of Scissurella prendrevilleiScissurella prendrevilleiScissurella prendrevillei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Powell, 1933 - Scissurella tabulata Watson, 1886: synonym of Anatoma tabulata (Barnard, 1964)