Sinezona confusa

Sinezona confusa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae.[2]

Sinezona confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Scissurellidae
Subfamily:	Scissurellinae
Genus:	Sinezona
Species:	S. confusa
Binomial name
Sinezona confusa Rolán & Luque, 1994[1]
Synonyms
Schismope cingulata auct. non O. G. Costa, 1861 Schismope columbiana Bandel, 1998 Scissurella columbiana (Bandel, 1998) Sinezona hawaiiensis Geiger, D.L. & J.H. McLean, 2010 Woodwardia cingulata auct. non O. G. Costa, 1861

Description

The shell reaches a height of 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

1. Rolán, E. and A. A. Luque. 1994. Una nueva especie de Sinezona (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae) del Caribe. Iberus 12: 1–5
2. Sinezona confusa Rolán & Luque, 1994 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2010.

• Bandel, K. 1998. Scissurellidae als Modell für die Variationsbreite einer natürlichen Einheit der Schlitzbandschnecken (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-paläontogischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 81: 1–120, 23 pls
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• 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.
• 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.