Satondella brasiliensis explained

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]

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

Life species inhabits the West Atlantic Ocean along Cuba and Bermuda at a depth between 40 and 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.

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Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.