Scissurella ornata, common name the ornate slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0. Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA Jansen, P., 1999. The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To World Register of Marine Species