Scissurella

Scissurella
shell of Scissurella deshayesi (Msyntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
d'Orbigny, 1824
Type species
Scissurella laevigata d'Orbigny, 1824
Synonyms
  • Maxwellella Bandel, 1998
  • †Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998
  • †Reussella Bandel, 1998
  • Schismope Jeffreys, 1856
  • Woodwardia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861

Scissurella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.

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