Scissurella clathrata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Scissurella clathrata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493046 on 2013-02-16Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393-443.Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2008) Scissurella clathrata in the San Jorge Gulf (Argentina) and the identity of the enigmatic S. dalli Bartsch, 1903 (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). Zoosymposia 1: 265-269.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. (30 October 2012)
Description
The shell grows to a height of 1.7 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
References
External links Antarctic Invertebrates Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) Encyclopedia of Life USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection World Register of Marine Species