Anatoma australis

Anatoma australis, common name the southern slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Anatoma australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Anatoma australis
(Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schizotrochus australis auct.
  • Scissurella australis Hedley, 1903

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and off Tasmania

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492982 on 2013-02-16
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 . A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
  • Jansen, P., 1999 .The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
  • 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.