''Anatoma agulhasensis'' is a
species of minute
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk or
micromollusk
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in the
family Anatomidae
Anatomidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Anatomidae was raised to the rank of subfamily to the rank of family ...
.
[WoRMS (2012). ''Anatoma agulhasensis'' (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492972 on 2013-02-16][Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)]
Description
The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa from the
Cape Province to
Zululand; off
Australia
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.
References
* Herbert, D.G., 1986. ''A revision of the southern African Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)''. Ann. Natal Mus., 27(2):601-632.
* Jansen, P., 1999, ''The Australian Scissurellidae''. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
External links
To Encyclopedia of LifeTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo World Register of Marine Species*
Anatomidae
Gastropods described in 1925
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