Anatoma australis

Anatoma australis
Shell of Anatoma australis (specimen in the Australian Museum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. australis
Binomial name
Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
Schizotrochus australisauct. Scissurella australisHedley, 1903

Anatoma australis, commonly known as the southern slit shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and off Tasmania

References

1. WoRMS (2012). Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492982 on 2013-02-16

• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 . A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
• Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
• Jansen, P., 1999 .The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
• 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.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species
• Atlas of Living Australia: image