FAMILY : SCISSURELLIDAE
Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1877)?

1mm. Endemic..This tiny species was found when checking image of starfish.. Related to
Abalones and Pleurotomariidae, they possess a slit (foramen) in the body whorl for exhaling
water. The shell is also finely sculptured but sharper images are needed to show this feature
and positively identify it.

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