Satondella brasiliensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.
Description
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
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.