Sukashitrochus lyallensis

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Sukashitrochus lyallensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Subfamily: Scissurellinae
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.

Shell sescription

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

References

  • 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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