Anatoma tangaroa
| Anatoma tangaroa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. tangaroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma tangaroa Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012[1]
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Anatoma tangaroa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. [2]
Description
The width of the shell attains 1.79 mm, its height 1.42 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, west of Cape Reinga and on the Kermadec Ridge.
References
- ^ Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33. (13 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Anatoma tangaroa Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012. 12 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
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