Anatoma agulhasensis

Anatoma agulhasensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1][2]

Anatoma agulhasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. agulhasensis
Binomial name
Anatoma agulhasensis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scissurella agulhasensis Thiele, 1925

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from the Cape Province to Zululand; off Australia.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Anatoma agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492972 on 2013-02-16
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  • Herbert, D.G., 1986. A revision of the southern African Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Ann. Natal Mus., 27(2):601-632.
  • Jansen, P., 1999, The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Anatoma agulhasensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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