Anatoma japonica

Anatoma japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species: A. japonica
Binomial name
Anatoma japonica
(A. Adams, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  • Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
  • Anatoma jansenae Geiger, 2006
  • Anatomus japonicus A. Adams, 1862 (original combination)
  • Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
  • Scissurella exquisita Schepman, 1908

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm. It has a trochiform shell. The spire contains 3½ rather convex whorls. They are finely decusate by elevated longitudinal striae and close striae. The longitudinal striae are flexuous at the base. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is dilated and reflexed in the middle. [2] [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep water off the Philippines, Japan and Southeast Africa.

References

External links

External identifiers for Anatoma japonica
Encyclopedia of Life 4793606
WoRMS 492990
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