Sinezona laqueus

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Sinezona laqueus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species: S. laqueus
Binomial name
Sinezona laqueus
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms

Schismope beddomei Suter, 1913
Schismope laqueus Finlay, 1927

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

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Antipodes and Chatham Islands, and The Snares.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is larger than Sinezona iota, of similar form, but with a depressed spire, wider, less sloping shoulder, a wider umbilicus, and about 15 more oblique radials on the base.

The shell height is up to 1.25 mm, and width 1.5 mm.

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