Anatoma euglypta
Anatoma euglypta is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]
| Anatoma euglypta | |
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| Drawing of the ventral aspect of the animal without the shell, magnified: br.d, right gill ; br.s, left gill ; m.vi, visceral mass ; oc, right eye ; op, operculum; p;foot; pa, mantle ; t, snout ; tc, left cephalic tentacle; te.cp, epipodial tentacles; te.pa, pallial tentacle; te.p.o, post-ocular tentacle. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. euglypta |
| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma euglypta (Pelseneer, 1903) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scissurella euglypta Pelseneer, 1903 | |
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters.
References
- Anatoma euglypta (Pelseneer, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012.
- Pelseneer, P. (1903). Zoologie: Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Résultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery: Rapports Scientifiques (1901–1913). Buschmann: Anvers. 85, IX plates pp
- Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393-443.
- 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.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
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