Sukashitrochus lyallensis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sukashitrochus lyallensis
Shell of Sukashitrochus lyallensis (specimen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum)
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
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.

Habitat

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

Shell description

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

See also

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