''Anticomitas vivens'' is a
species
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of
sea snail in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Anticomitas''.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic
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to New Zealand, where it occurs off
Three Kings Islands
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Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 190 ...
.
References
* Powell, A.W.B. 1979: ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells'', Collins, Auckland
* Liu J.Y.
uiyu(ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas''. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). ''Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca''. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
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Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Pseudomelatomidae
Monotypic gastropod genera
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