Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Scissurellidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Scissurelloidea Subfamily Scissurellinae | |
Scientific name Scissurella petermannensis | ||
Scissurella petermannensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scissurellidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters, off the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and the South Orkneys at depths to 31 m.
References
Scissurella petermannensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA