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Anatoma kopua

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Anatoma kopua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. kopua
Binomial name
Anatoma kopua
Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 4.58 mm, its diameter 4.27 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Challenger Plateau, approximately at 1000 m.

References

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  • 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)
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  • 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