Anatoma

Anatoma
Two views of a shell of Anatoma umbilicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Woodward, 1859
Type species
A. crispata
Fleming, 1828 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Anatomus H. & A. Adams
  • Hainella Bandel, 1998
  • Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
  • Thieleella Bandel, 1998

Anatoma is a genus of minute marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Anatomidae, found in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. [2]

Description

This genus is characterized by a slit in the margin of the outer lip, a rhipidoglossate radula, and a lack of nacre.

Species

The genus Anatoma includes the following species:[2]

Synonyms include:[2]

Nomen dubium

References

  1. Daniel L. Geiger & Takenori Sasaki (2008). "Four new species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) from the Indian Ocean (Reunion, Mayotte) and Australia, with notes on a novel radular type for the family" (PDF). Zoosymposia 1: 247–264. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.1.1.14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Anatoma Woodward, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138464 on 2012-01-14,
  3. Daniel L. Geiger (2011). Anatoma emilioi, a new species of Anatomidae McLean, 1989 from the Hawaiian Islands. - 534-535. In: Mike Severns. Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells: 564 pp., ConchBooks, Hackenheim.

Further reading

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