Anatoma aspera

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Anatoma aspera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. aspera
Binomial name
Anatoma aspera
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • † Anatoma costamagnaensisBandel, 1998
  • Schizotrochus aspera(Philippi, 1844)
  • Schizotrochus divaricatusMontrosato, 1890
  • † Scissurella affinisO. G. Costa, 1861
  • Scissurella asperaPhilippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Scissurella crispata var. paucicostataJeffreys, 1865

Anatoma aspera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm. The shell is usually grayish-white. Operculum is thin and transparent. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and in the West Indies.

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References

  1. ↑ Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
  2. ↑ Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Høisæter, Tore; Geiger, Daniel L. (2011). "Species of Anatoma (Gastropoda: Anatomidae) in Norwegian and adjacent waters, with the description of two new species". Nautilus. 125 (3). Retrieved 11 June 2022.


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