Sinezona pacifica

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

Sinezona pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Scissurelloidea
Family:
Scissurellidae
Subfamily:
Scissurellinae
Genus:
Sinezona
Species:
S. pacifica
Binomial name
Sinezona pacifica
(Oliver, 1915) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Daizona pacifica Bandel, 1998
  • Schismope pacifica Oliver, 1915

Description

The height of the shell reaches 1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island; New South Wales and Southwest Western Australia.

References
  1. Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12
  2. Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2010.
  • Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1-119
  • Jansen, P. (1999). The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia. 31 (291)
  • 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
  • "Sinezona pacifica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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