Anatoma lyra

Anatoma lyra
Shell of Anatoma lyra (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. lyra
Binomial name
Anatoma lyra (S. S. Berry, 1947)
Synonyms [1]
Anatoma baxteriMcLean, 1984 Scissurella lyraS. Berry, 1947 Thieleella baxteri(McLean, 1984)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Alaska and British Columbia.

References

1. Anatoma lyra (S. S. Berry, 1947) . 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

• 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

• Berry, S.S. (1947). "New Mollusca from the Pleistocene of San Pedro, California-III". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 31 (127): 256–275.
• McLean, J.H. (1984). "New species of Northeast Pacific archaeogastropods". The Veliger. 26 (3): 233. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
• Encyclopedia of Life
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species