Sukashitrochus lyallensis

Sukashitrochus lyallensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Subfamily: Scissurellinae
Genus: Sukashitrochus
Species: S. lyallensis
Binomial name
Sukashitrochus lyallensis
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismope atkinsoni Suter, 1913
  • Schismope lyallensis Finlay, 1927
  • Sinezona lyallensis (Finlay, 1927)

Sukashitrochus lyallensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae. [1]

Habitat

Sukashitrochus lyallensis is generally found in New Zealand. It is found in water up to a depth of 240 m.

Shell sescription

At 1.5 mm in height and 1.8 mm in width, its shell is larger than Sinezona iota and Sinezona laques. [2]

References

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