Anatoma aspera

Anatoma aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species: A. aspera
Binomial name
Anatoma aspera
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Anatoma costamagnaensis Bandel, 1998
  • Schizotrochus aspera (Philippi, 1844)
  • Schizotrochus divaricatus Montrosato, 1890
  • Scissurella affinis O. G. Costa, 1861
  • Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Scissurella crispata var. paucicostata Jeffreys, 1865

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

Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean and in the West Indies

References

  1. Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
  2. Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2013.

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