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Scissurella fairchildi A. W. B. Powell, 1933

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Lepetellida »  family Scissurellidae »  genus Scissurella

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Scissurella fairchildi

Author: Powell, A.W.B.

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Description

Shell minute, white, with whorls evenly rounded, the umbilicus wide, and the axials fewer and stronger than in bountyensis; 14 on the body-whorl.
Height 0.65 mm., width 1.0 mm.
Powell, A.W.B., 1979. The New Zealand Mollusca: Marine Land and Freshwater Shells.

Distribution

New Zealand. Off Bounty Islands, 170 fathoms.
Powell, A.W.B., 1979. The New Zealand Mollusca: Marine Land and Freshwater Shells.
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Scissurella prendrevillei A. W. B. Powell, 1933
Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948
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Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013
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