Sinezona plicata

Sinezona plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Sinezona
Species: S. plicata
Binomial name
Sinezona plicata
(Hedley, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismope plicata Hedley, 1899
  • Woodwardia provecta Beets, 1943

Sinezona plicata 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 attains a height of 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Sinezona plicata (Hedley, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492826 on 2013-02-16
  2. Geiger D.L. & Jansen P. (2004). New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species. Zootaxa 714:1-72.
  3. 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. (30 October 2012)
External identifiers for Sinezona plicata
Encyclopedia of Life 4793640
WoRMS 492826


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