Anatoma shiraseae

Anatoma shiraseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. shiraseae
Binomial name
Anatoma shiraseae Numanami & Okutani, 1990

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

Description

The length of the shell reaches 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters.

References

1. Anatoma shiraseae Numanami & Okutani, 1990 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2010.

• Numanami, H.; Okutani, T. (1990). A New and Two Known Species of the Genus Anatoma Collected by the Icebreaker Shirase from Breid Bay and Gunnerus Bank, Antarctica (Gastropoda:Scissurellidae). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(2):93-106.
• Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393–443.
• Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
• 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

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