Anatoma tangaroa

Anatoma tangaroa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. tangaroa
Binomial name
Anatoma tangaroa Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012 [1]

Anatoma tangaroa 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 1.79 mm, its height 1.42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, west of Cape Reinga and on the Kermadec Ridge.

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 tangaroa 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
• Museum of New Zealand: image