Anatoma janetae

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Anatoma janetae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. janetae
Binomial name
Anatoma janetae
Geiger, 2006 [1]

Anatoma janetae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Anatomidae. [2]

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Description

Anatoma janetae is a micromollusk with a shell height of up to approximately 3.8 mm. The teleoconch shows a distinct transition in sculpture, from robust axial cords near the selenizone to finer spiral threads. [3] It possesses at least 2.25 whorls. [4] The species lacks eyes and belongs to a group of blind deep-sea Anatoma. [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the bathyal zone of Northeast Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Geiger. 2006. Molluscan Research Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Pages: 108–112. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. Anatoma janetae Geiger, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2010.
  3. "The families Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Sutilizonidae in the northeast Pacific". ResearchGate.
  4. "A new blind Anatoma species from the bathyal of the northeastern Pacific (Vetigastropoda: Anatomidae)" (PDF). Magnolia Press .
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anatoma janetae D. L. Geiger, 2006". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 July 2025.