Anatoma maxima

Anatoma maxima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Anatoma maxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. maxima
Binomial name
Anatoma maxima
(Schepman, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scissurella maxima Schepman, 1908

The generic position is uncertain: Anatoma or Thieleella (protoconch sculpture unknown)[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and the Philippines.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Anatoma maxima (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493022 on 2013-02-16
  • 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
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Anatoma maxima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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