Anatoma parageia
| Anatoma parageia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. parageia
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma parageia Geiger & Sasaki, 2009[1]
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Anatoma parageia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Anatomidae.[2]
Etymology
Parageios, Greek - pertaining to shallow water, in reference to the intertidal or shallow subtidal habitat, which is rather unusual for an anatomid.
Description
The height of the shell attains 0.74 mm, its width 0.51 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- ^ Geiger & Sasaki (2009). Molluscan Research 29 (1) : 1–16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Anatoma parageia Geiger & Sasaki, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Geiger D. & Sasaki T. (2009). New Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Manazuru, Sagami Bay, and Okinawa, Japan (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Molluscan Research 29 (1) : 1-16
- 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.