''Sasakiconcha'' is a

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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 ...

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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 ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Sasakiconcha'' include: * ''

Sasakiconcha elegantissima ''Sasakiconcha elegantissima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Anatomidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Austral Islands The Austral Islands (french: Îles Aus ...

'' Geiger, 2006

References

* 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

Geiger D.L. 2006. Sasakiconcha elegantissima new genus and new species (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Anatomidae?) with disjointly coiled base. The Nautilus 120(2): 45-51
Anatomidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Scissurellidae-stub