Sinezona subantarctica

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

Sinezona subantarctica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species:
S. subantarctica
Binomial name
Sinezona subantarctica
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ariella subantarctica (Hedley, 1916)
  • Schismope subantarctica Hedley, 1916

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Islands, south of New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Sinezona subantarctica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600500 on 2012-07-18
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393-443
  • Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33