Scissurella staminea
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Scissurella staminea

Scissurella staminea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.

Appearance

The shell grows to a height of 2 mm.The depressed shell has an ovate shape. The spire is plane. The umbilicus is moderate. The two whorls are nearly plane. They are broadly clathrate with thread-like elevated radiating lines, stronger below the carina, and concentric elevated striae. The umbilical regionhas elevated concentric lines. The aperture is rounded-ovate. The inner lip is receding.

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This species is widely clathrate, with conspicuous thread-like radiating and concentric lines, the former of which assume on the spire a lamellar character.

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Distribution

Geography

This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

1. Scissurella staminea Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissurella_staminea

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