Anatoma kopua
Appearance
Anatoma kopua | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
Family: | Anatomidae |
Genus: | Anatoma |
Species: | A. kopua
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Binomial name | |
Anatoma kopua Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012
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Anatoma kopua is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 4.58 mm, its diameter 4.27 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Challenger Plateau, approximately at 1000 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Anatoma kopua 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. (30 October 2012)
External links
[edit]- Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012). "New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3344: 21.
- World Register of Marine Species
- Museum of New Zealand: image