Scissurella petermannensis

Scissurella petermannensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Scissurellidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Scissurella
Species:	S. petermannensis
Binomial name
	Scissurella petermannensis; Lamy, 1910
Synonyms
	Schizotrochus petermannensis (Lamy, 1910); Scissurella medioplicata Thiele, 1925; Scissurella timora Melvill & Standen, 1912;

Scissurella petermannensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.^[2]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in Antarctic waters, off the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and the South Orkneys at depths to 31 m.

References[]

^ Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigée par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908-1910). Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. J. Liouville. Gastropodes Prosobranches et Scaphopode. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1910: 318-324.
^ ^a ^b Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 September 2010.

Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1912. The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Being a supplementary catalogue. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 48: 333–366, 1 pl
Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2), pp. 393–443

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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[1] Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigée par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908-1910). Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. J. Liouville. Gastropodes Prosobranches et Scaphopode. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1910: 318-324.

[WoRMS-2] Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 September 2010.

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