Sinezona pacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.[1]

Sinezona pacifica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species:
S. pacifica
Binomial name
Sinezona pacifica
(Oliver, 1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daizona pacifica Bandel, 1998
  • Schismope pacifica Oliver, 1915

Description

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The height of the shell reaches 1 mm. The width of the shell is greater than the height, with a low spire. The shells are white.[2]

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Sinezona pacifica (Oliver, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Sinezona pacifica". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  • 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
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