Scissurella alto

Scissurella alto
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Scissurellidae
Genus:	Scissurella
Species:	S. alto
Binomial name
Scissurella alto Geiger, 2003[1]

Scissurella alto is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Easter Island

References

1. Geiger. 2003. Molluscan Research 23 (1): 21-83. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
2. Scissurella alto Geiger, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

• Geiger D. 2003. Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia. Molluscan Research 23(1): 21–83
• Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7