Scissurella petermannensis

Scissurella petermannensis
	Shell of Scissurella petermannensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Scissurellidae
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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