Anatoma kopua

Anatoma kopua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. kopua
Binomial name
Anatoma kopua
Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012

Anatoma kopua is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.58 mm, its diameter 4.27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Challenger Plateau, approximately at 1000 m.

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. (30 October 2012)
  • Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012). "New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3344: 21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3344.1.1.
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • Museum of New Zealand: image