Scissurella

Scissurella
shell of Scissurella deshayesi (Msyntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Scissurellidae
Genus:	Scissurella d'Orbigny, 1824
Type species
Scissurella laevigata d'Orbigny, 1824
Synonyms[1]
Maxwellella Bandel, 1998 †Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998 †Reussella Bandel, 1998 Schismope Jeffreys, 1856 Woodwardia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861

Scissurella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.^[1]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Scissurella :^[1]

Species in the genus Scissurella include:

• Scissurella caliana Dall, 1919
• Scissurella lacuniformis Watson, 1886
• Scissurella lamellata (A. Adams, 1862)
• Scissurella soyoae (Habe, 1951)

Nomina dubia

• Scissurella alexandrei Montouchet, 1972
• Scissurella coronata Watson, 1886
• Scissurella dalli Bartsch, 1903
• Scissurella dohrniana (Dunker, 1861)
• Scissurella hoernesi Semper, 1865 (synonym of Sinezona ferriezi (Crosse, 1867))
• Scissurella koeneni Semper, 1865
• Scissurella mantelli Woodward, 1859
• Scissurella minuta Turton, 1932

Species brought into synonymy

• Scissurella aedonia Watson, 1886: synonym of Anatoma aedonia (Watson, 1886)
• Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903: synonym of Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• † Scissurella affinis O. G. Costa, 1861 : synonym of Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844)
• Scissurella africana Barnard, 1963: synonym of Anatoma africana (Barnard, 1963)
• Scissurella agulhasensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Anatoma agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
• Scissurella alta Watson, 1886: synonym of Anatoma alta (Watson, 1886)
• Scissurella amoena Thiele, 1912: synonym of Anatoma amoena (Thiele, 1912)
• Scissurella angulata Lovén, 1846: synonym of Anatoma crispata (Fleming, 1828)
• Scissurella argutecostata Seguenza, 1877: synonym of Anatoma tenuisculpta (Seguenza, 1877)
• Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844: synonym of Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844)
• Scissurella atkinsoni Tenison Woods, 1876: synonym of Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Scissurella australis Hedley, 1903: synonym of Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903)
• Scissurella bertheloti d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Anatoma bertheloti (d'Orbigny, 1840) (nomen dubium)
• Scissurella cancellata Jeffreys, 1856: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella carinata A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Sukashitrochus carinatus (A. Adams, 1862)
• Scissurella chiricova Dall, 1919: synonym of Anatoma chiricova (Dall, 1919)
• Scissurella cingulata O. G. Costa, 1861 - belt scissurelle: synonym of Sinezona cingulata (O.G. Costa, 1861)
• Scissurella columbiana (Bandel, 1998): synonym of Sinezona confusa Rolán & Luque, 1994
• Scissurella concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1831: synonym of Sinezona concinna (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) (nomen dubium)
• Scissurella conica d'Orbigny, 1841: synonym of Anatoma conica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Scissurella crispata Fleming, 1828: synonym of Anatoma crispata (Fleming, 1828)
• Scissurella decipiens O.G. Costa, 1861: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella declinans Watson, 1886: synonym of Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862)
• † Scissurella decussata d'Orbigny, 1824: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella disciformis Golikov & Sirenko, 1980: synonym of Anatoma disciformis (Golikov & Sirenko, 1980)
• Scissurella dorbignyii Audouin, 1826: synonym of Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
• Scissurella dorbignyi Scacchi, 1836: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella elatior G. B. Sowerby I, 1831: synonym of Anatoma crispata (Fleming, 1828)
• Scissurella elegans d'Orbigny, 1824: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella epicharis McLean, 1970: synonym of Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970)
• Scissurella equatoria Hedley, 1899: synonym of Anatoma equatoria (Hedley, 1899)
• Scissurella eucharista Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908
• Scissurella euglypta Pelseneer, 1903: synonym of Anatoma euglypta (Pelseneer, 1903)
• Scissurella eximia Seguenza, 1877: synonym of Anatoma eximia (Seguenza, 1877)
• Scissurella exquisita Schepman, 1908: synonym of Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
• Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933: synonym of Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
• Scissurella funnazzensis de Gregorio, 1889: synonym of Anatoma tenuisculpta (Seguenza, 1877)
• † Scissurella geoffreyi Laws, 1940: synonym of Incisura geoffreyi (Laws, 1940) (original combination)
• Scissurella jacksoni Melvill, 1904: synonym of Anatoma jacksoni (Melvill, 1904)
• Scissurella josephinae Odhner, 1960: synonym of Anatoma josephinae (Odhner, 1960)
• Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1910: synonym of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890 (invalid: junior homonym of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890; S. smithi is a replacement name)
• Scissurella keenae McLean, 1970: synonym of Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970)
• Scissurella kelseyi Dall, 1905: synonym of Thieleella kelseyi (Dall, 1905)
• Scissurella laevigata d'Orbigny, 1824: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• Scissurella lyra S. S. Berry, 1947 - lyre scissurelle: synonym of Anatoma lyra (S. Berry, 1947)
• Scissurella lyttleltonensis E.A. Smith, 1894: synonym of Incisura lytteltonensis (E.A. Smith, 1894)
• Scissurella malvinarum Zelaya & Geiger, 2007: synonym of Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908
• Scissurella marshalli Bandel, 1998: synonym of Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
• Scissurella maxima Schepman, 1908: synonym of Anatoma maxima (Schepman, 1908)
• Scissurella medioplicata Thiele, 1925: synonym of Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910
• Scissurella miranda A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Sukashitrochus mirandus (A. Adams, 1862)
• Scissurella modesta A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Sinezona modesta (A. Adams, 1862)
• Scissurella munieri P. Fischer, 1862: synonym of Anatoma munieri (P. Fischer, 1862)
• Scissurella obtusata Golikov & Gulbin, 1978: synonym of Anatoma obtusata (Golikov & Gulbin, 1978)
• Scissurella padangensis Thiele, 1912: synonym of Sinezona ferriezi (Crosse, 1867)
• Scissurella palaeomphaloides Nordsieck, 1974: synonym of Anatoma crispata (Fleming, 1828)
• Scissurella paumotuensis Garrett, 1872: synonym of Sinezona paumotuensis (Garrett, 1872)
• Scissurella plicata Philippi, 1836: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• † Scissurella praecrispata Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978: synonym of † Praescissurella praecrispata (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1977) (superseded combination)
• Scissurella proxima Dall, 1927 - Florida scissurelle: synonym of Anatoma proxima (Dall, 1927)
• Scissurella pseudoequatoria Kay, 1979: synonym of Anatoma pseudoequatoria (Kay, 1979)
• Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916: synonym of Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916)
• Scissurella richardi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Anatoma tenuis (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Scissurella rimuloides Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Sinezona rimuloides (Carpenter, 1865)
• Scissurella rosea Hedley, 1904: synonym of Incisura rosea (Hedley, 1904)
• Scissurella sagamiana Okutani, 1964: synonym of Thieleella sagamiana (Okutani, 1964)
• Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912: synonym of Scissurella jucunda E. A. Smith, 1890
• Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948: synonym of Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
• Scissurella striatula Philippi, 1844: synonym of Scissurella costata d'Orbigny, 1824
• † Scissurella subaspera Boettger, 1907: synonym of Anatoma tenuisculpta (Seguenza, 1877)
• Scissurella tabulata Watson, 1886: synonym of Anatoma tabulata (Barnard, 1964)
• Scissurella tenuis Jeffreys, 1877: synonym of Anatoma tenuis (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Scissurella tenuisculpta Seguenza, 1877: synonym of Anatoma tenuisculpta (Seguenza, 1877)
• Scissurella timora Melvill & Standen, 1912: synonym of Scissurella petermannensis Lamy, 1910
• Scissurella umbilicata Jeffreys, 1883: synonym of Anatoma umbilicata (Jeffreys, 1883)

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