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Anatoma porcellana

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Anatoma porcellana
Shell of Anatoma porcellana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. porcellana
Binomial name
Anatoma porcellana
Geiger, 2012[1]

Anatoma porcellana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Helwerda R.A. & Wesselingh F.P. (2014). "Revision of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae and Fissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines". Zootaxa. 3838 (2): 183–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.3. PMID 25081768.
  • World Register of Marine Species