Satondella brasiliensis

Satondella brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Satondella
Species: S. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Satondella brasiliensis
(Mattar, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sinezona brasiliensis Mattar, 1987 (basionym)

Satondella brasiliensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 0.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at a depth between 57 m and 93 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Satondella brasiliensis (Mattar, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493152 on 2013-02-16
  2. Geiger D.L. & McLean J.H. (2010) New species and records of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Zootaxa 2356: 1-35.
  3. Luque A.A., Geiger D.L. & Rolán E. (2011) A revision of the genus Satondella Bandel, 1998 (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae). Molluscan Research 31(1): 1–14.
External identifiers for Satondella brasiliensis
Encyclopedia of Life 17244817
WoRMS 493152


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