Scissurellidae
21 species
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The shells of these snails vary in adult size from less than 6 mm to less than 1 mm.
Scissurellids occur world-wide, from the intertidal zone down to the abyssal depths, including around hydrothermal vents.
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The shells of these snails vary in adult size from less than 6 mm to less than 1 mm.
Scissurellids occur world-wide, from the intertidal zone down to the abyssal depths, including around hydrothermal vents.
