Satondella brasiliensis
Satondella brasiliensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.[1][2][3]
| Satondella brasiliensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Scissurellidae |
| Genus: | Satondella |
| Species: | S. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Satondella brasiliensis (Mattar, 1987) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description[4]
The shell grows to a height of 0.9-1.0mm and has a unique chimney-like foramen.
Live S. brasiliensis is somewhat yellowish, whereas the shells are seen to be off-white.
The protoconch has a spiral, smooth and hexagonal sculpture.
The operculum is circular, thin, multispiral, with a central nucleus.
It has a narrow umbilicus and numerous axial ribs.
Distribution[4]
Life species inhabits the West Atlantic Ocean along Cuba and Bermuda at a depth between 40-50 m in Cuba, and 81-91 m in Bermuda.
Empty shells are found around the Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Toboga Island, as well as Brazil, at depths between 28 and 198 m.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Satondella brasiliensis (Mattar, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493152 on 2013-02-16
- Geiger D.L. & McLean J.H. (2010) New species and records of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Zootaxa 2356: 1-35.
- Luque A.A., Geiger D.L. & Rolán E. (2011) A revision of the genus Satondella Bandel, 1998 (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae). Molluscan Research 31(1): 1–14.
- Luque, A.; Geiger, Daniel L.; Rolan, Emilio (2011-01-01). "A revision of the genus Satondella Bandel, 1998 (Gastropoda, Scissurellidae)". Molluscan Research. 31: 1–14.