Anatoma aspera

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

Anatoma aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. aspera
Binomial name
Anatoma aspera
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • † Anatoma costamagnaensis Bandel, 1998
  • Schizotrochus aspera (Philippi, 1844)
  • Schizotrochus divaricatus Montrosato, 1890
  • † Scissurella affinis O. G. Costa, 1861
  • Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Scissurella crispata var. paucicostata Jeffreys, 1865

Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and in the West Indies.

References
  1. Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
  2. Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2013.
  • 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
  • Høisæter T. & Geiger D.L. (2011) Species of Anatoma (Gastropoda: Anatomidae) in Norwegian and adjacent waters, with the description of two new species. The Nautilus 125(3): 89–112
  • 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.
  • "Anatoma aspera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 July 2012.


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