Anatoma megascutula

Anatoma megascutula
Shell of Anatoma megascutula (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. megascutula
Binomial name
Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012 [1]

Anatoma megascutula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. ^[2]

Description

The width of the shell attains 5.03 mm, its height 3.36 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South-western Pacific (Fiji, Tonga) and on the Norfolk Ridge and the Chatham Rise.

References

1. Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33. (13 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
2. Anatoma megascutula Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012 . 12 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.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species