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Anatoma amoena

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Anatoma amoena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. amoena
Binomial name
Anatoma amoena
(Thiele, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scissurella amoena Thiele, 1912 (basionym)
  • Thieleella amoena (Thiele, 1912)

Anatoma amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

References

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  1. ^ a b Anatoma amoena (Thiele, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 November 2012.
  • Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393–443.
  • Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33