Satondella brasiliensis
Satondella brasiliensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2][3]
| Satondella brasiliensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Clade: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Satondella |
| Species: | S. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Satondella brasiliensis (Mattar, 1987) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell grows to a height of 0.9 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at a depth between 57 m and 93 m.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Satondella brasiliensis (Mattar, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493152 on 2013-02-16
- Geiger D.L. & McLean J.H. (2010) New species and records of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Zootaxa 2356: 1-35.
- Luque A.A., Geiger D.L. & Rolán E. (2011) A revision of the genus Satondella Bandel, 1998 (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae). Molluscan Research 31(1): 1–14.
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