| Anatoma | |
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| Two views of a shell of Anatoma umbilicata | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda | 
| Order: | Lepetellida | 
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea | 
| Family: | Anatomidae | 
| Genus: |  Anatoma  Woodward, 1859  | 
| Type species | |
|  A. crispata  | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Anatoma is a genus of minute marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Anatomidae, found in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. [2]
They were formerly placed as a subfamily in the family Scissurellidae. They were raised to family level by Geiger and Jansen in 2004. [3]
Anatoma snails have conical or top-shaped (turbiniform) shells. The shell often features a slit or hole in the margin of the outer lip and possesses a deep, perspective umbilicus. This genus is further characterized a rhipidoglossate radula, and a lack of nacre. Their shells may be sculptured with longitudinal lamellae and transverse lines, along with ornamentation like concentric elevated lirae. [4]
The genus Anatoma includes the following species: [2]
Synonyms include: [2]