Anatoma flexidentata

Anatoma flexidentata
Shell of Anatoma flexidentata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. flexidentata
Binomial name
Anatoma flexidentata
Geiger & Sasaki, 2008[1]

Anatoma flexidentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Anatomidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean (off Réunion and Mozambique) to the western Pacific (New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu); also off Australia (New South Wales).

References

  • Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7