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Anatoma

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Anatoma
Two views of a shell of Anatoma umbilicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
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
  • Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859 (original rank)
  • 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

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

Species

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The genus Anatoma includes the following species:[2]

Synonyms include:[2]

Nomen dubium
  • Anatoma bertheloti (d'Orbigny, 1840)

References

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  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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
  4. ^ 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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