Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Scissurelloidea > Family Scissurellidae > Genus Scissurella

Scissurella azorensis Nolt, 2008

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scissurella*	A. d'Orbigny, 1824	accepted genus name
*Schismope*	Jeffreys, 1856	synonym
*Woodwardia*	Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861	synonym

Literature

original description	Nolt J.M. (2008). A new species of Scissurella from the Azores with discussions on Sinezona semicostata Burnay & Rolan, 1990 and Sinezona cingulata (O.G. Costa, 1861) (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Scissurellidae). Zootaxa. 1678, 51-62.
additional source	Micali P. & Geiger D.L. (2015). Additions and corrections to the Scissurellidae and Anatomidae (Gastropoda Vetigastropoda) of the Mediterranean Sea, with first record of Sinezona semicostata Burnay et Rolán, 1990. Biodiversity Journal. 6(3): 703-708.
redescription	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].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scissurella azorensis Nolt, 2008. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367562