Anatoma keenae

Anatoma keenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. keenae
Binomial name
Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970)
Synonyms [1]
Anatoma epicharis(McLean, 1970) Scissurella (Anatoma) epicharisJ. H. McLean, 1970 junior subjective synonym Scissurella (Anatoma) keenaeJ. H. McLean, 1970 alternative representation Scissurella epicharisMcLean, 1970 junior subjective synonym Scissurella keenaeMcLean, 1970 superseded combination

Anatoma keenae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae. ^[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell is around 1.9 mm, with the height being more varied at around 1.3-2.0mm. It have small, fragile shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California, Mexico; off the Galápagos Islands.

References

1. Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970) . 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• 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.
• Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers. Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.

External links

• McLean, J.H. (1970). "New species of tropical eastern Pacific Gastropoda" (PDF). Malacological Review. 2 (2): 117. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Anatoma keenae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.