Scissurella stellae

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Scissurella stellae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species: S. stellae
Binomial name
Scissurella stellae
Fleming, 1948

Scissurella stellae 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 Fiordland in the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This scissurellid is found at depths of between 3 and 10 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is minute, white, similar to Scissurella fairchildi, but with a sunken spire, oblique axials, 15 on the body whorl, and spiral threads on the lower base and just within the umbilicus.

The shell height is up to 0.7 mm, and width up to 1.2 mm.

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