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Scissurella ornata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Scissurelloidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Scissurellidae

Scissurella ornata, common name the ornate slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.

References

Scissurella ornata Wikipedia