Anatoma lamellata

Anatoma lamellata
Shell of Anatoma lamellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. lamellata
Binomial name
Anatoma lamellata (A. Adams, 1862)
Synonyms
Anatoma lamellata lamellata(A. Adams, 1862) Anatomus lamellatusA. Adams, 1862 (original combination) Schizotrochus lamellatus(A. Adams, 1862) superseded combination

Anatoma lamellata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

• Anatoma lamellata lamellata(A. Adams, 1862): synonym of Anatoma lamellata(A. Adams, 1862)
• Anatoma lamellata nanshaensisW.-M. Feng, 1996: synonym of Anatoma equatoria (Hedley, 1899)

Description

The globose-conoidal shell grows to a height of 3.5 mm. The conical spire has 3½ whorls that are a little convex. They are cancellated with radiating, subdistant lamellae, and show elevated transverse lines in the interstices. The lamellae are flexuous on the base. The aperture is subcircular. The inner lip is dilated, angular and broadly reflexed in the middle. It partly covers the umbilicus. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

1. Anatoma lamellata (A. Adams, 1862) . 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Sasaki T., Geiger D.L. & Okutani T. (2010 ("2008")) A new species of Anatoma (Vetigastropoda: Anatomidae) from a hydrothermal vent field in Myojin Knoll Caldera, Izu-Ogasawara Arc, Japan. The Veliger 51(1): 63-75 (Published 31 March 2010) . World Register of Marine Species , Retrieved 2013-02-16.
3. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII, p. 59 (described as Anatomus lamellatus)
4. Adams, Arthur (1862), On some new species of Scissurellidae from the seas of China and Japan; Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol. 10

• 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