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

Scissurella costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824

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

Species group names

*Argonauta uniumbilicatus*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Delphinula calcaroides*	Cantraine, 1842	synonym
*Padollus orbigny*	O. G. Costa, 1838	synonym
*Scissurella cancellata*	Jeffreys, 1856	synonym
*Scissurella decipiens*	O. G. Costa, 1861	synonym
*Scissurella decussata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1824	synonym
*Scissurella dorbignyi*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Scissurella elegans*	A. d'Orbigny, 1824	synonym
*Scissurella laevigata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1824	synonym
*Scissurella plicata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Scissurella striatula*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1824). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des trochoides. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. ser. 2, 1: 340-345.
basis of record	Korobkov I.A. (1955). Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie. [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat. 795 pp.
additional source	Nicklès, M. (1950). Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
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 costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824. 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:141420