Anatoma megascutula
Appearance
Anatoma megascutula | |
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Shell of Anatoma megascutula (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
Family: | Anatomidae |
Genus: | Anatoma |
Species: | A. megascutula
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Binomial name | |
Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012[1]
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Anatoma megascutula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. (13 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600507 on 2013-02-16
- 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.
External links
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