Anatoma japonica

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

Anatoma japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. japonica
Binomial name
Anatoma japonica
(A. Adams, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  • Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
  • Anatoma jansenae Geiger, 2006
  • Anatomus japonicus A. Adams, 1862 (original combination)
  • Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
  • Scissurella exquisita Schepman, 1908

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2.5 mm. It has a trochiform shell. The spire contains 3½ rather convex whorls. They are finely decusate by elevated longitudinal striae and close striae. The longitudinal striae are flexuous at the base. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is dilated and reflexed in the middle.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep water off the Philippines, Japan and Southeast Africa.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Anatoma japonica (A. Adams, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492990 on 2013-02-16
  2. Adams, Arthur (1862), On some new species of Scissurellidae from the seas of China and Japan; Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol. 10 p. 347
  3. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII, p. 59 (described as Anatomus japonicus)
  • Geiger D.L. (2006). Eight new species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from around the world, with discussion of two senior synonyms. Zootaxa 1128:1-33
  • 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 japonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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