Anatoma maxima

Anatoma maxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species: A. maxima
Binomial name
Anatoma maxima
(Schepman, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scissurella maxima Schepman, 1908

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

The generic position is uncertain: Anatoma or Thieleella (protoconch sculpture unknown) [1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2012). Anatoma maxima (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493022 on 2013-02-16

External links

External identifiers for Anatoma maxima
Encyclopedia of Life 17244800
WoRMS 493022


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