Anatoma megascutula
| Anatoma megascutula | |
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| Shell of Anatoma megascutula (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. megascutula
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012[1]
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Anatoma megascutula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. [2]
Description
The width of the shell attains 5.03 mm, its height 3.36 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South-western Pacific (Fiji, Tonga) and on the Norfolk Ridge and the Chatham Rise.
References
- ^ Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33. (13 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012. 12 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
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