Scissurella prendrevillei

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Scissurella prendrevillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species: S. prendrevillei
Binomial name
Scissurella prendrevillei
Powell, 1933

Scissurella prendrevillei is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This scissurellid is found at depths of about 10 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, white, depressed, similar to Scissurella fairchildi, being widely umbilicated, but the axials are weaker and more numerous; about 20 on the body whorl.

The shell height is up to 0.8 mm, and width 1.07 mm.

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