''Anatoma pseudoequatoria'' 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 ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Anatoma pseudoequatoria'' (Kay, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594440 on 2013-02-16]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Hawaii.
References
* Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1-119
* Geiger D.L. & Jansen P. 2004. ''Revision of the Australian species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda).'' Zootaxa 415 : 1-35
* 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
External links
World Register of Marine Species
Anatoma
Gastropods described in 1979
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