Anatoma aspera
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| Anatoma aspera | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. aspera
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| Anatoma aspera | |
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Anatoma aspera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm. The shell is usually grayish-white. Operculum is thin and transparent.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and in the West Indies.
References
- ↑ Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
- ↑ Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2013.
- ↑ Høisæter, Tore; Geiger, Daniel L. (2011). "Species of Anatoma (Gastropoda: Anatomidae) in Norwegian and adjacent waters, with the description of two new species". Nautilus. 125 (3). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- 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.