Anatoma regia

Anatoma regia
Shell of Anatoma regia (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. regia
Binomial name
Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916)
Synonyms
Scissurella regiaMestayer, 1916

Anatoma regia is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Anatomidae. ^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its width 2 mm.

(Original description) This small, turbinate shell features three slightly angled whorls, with the upper surface lightly convex and the underside more so; the body whorl is notably large. The protoconch consists of two minute, smooth, dull whorls.

Sculpture: The shell exhibits two fine, sharp, raised spiral keels positioned closely together on the angle of the whorls. Fine flexuous riblets adorn both surfaces. On the underside, these riblets are crossed by fine spiral lirae, which become more distinct around the umbilicus.

The umbilicus is small and open, and the aperture is obscurely triangular. The anal slit, located between the keels on the outer lip, is long and more contracted at the edge of the lip than at its upper end. The operculum remains unknown. The shell's color is white. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island, South Island, Lord Howe Rise, Chatham Islands, Campbell Plateau and Pukaki Rise.

References

1. Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916) . 24 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Mestayer, M. K. (1916). Preliminary list of Mollusca from dredgings taken off the northern coasts of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 122–128 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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