Sukashitrochus lyallensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.[1]
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| Shell of Sukashitrochus lyallensis (specimen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Sukashitrochus |
| Species: | S. lyallensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sukashitrochus lyallensis (Finlay, 1927)
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Habitat
editSukashitrochus lyallensis is generally found in New Zealand. It is found in water up to a depth of 240 m.[1]
Shell description
editAt 1.5 mm in height and 1.8 mm in width, its shell is larger than Sinezona iota and Sinezona laques.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c WoRMS : Sukashitrochus lyallensis; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ Finlay, H.J. "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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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