Sinezona pacifica (W. R. B. Oliver 1915)

Sinezona pacifica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell reaches 1 mm. The width of the shell is greater than the height, with a low spire. The shells are white.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island; New South Wales and Southwest Western Australia.

References

• Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1–119
• Jansen, P. (1999). The Australian Scissurellidae. La Conchiglia. 31 (291)
• 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