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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Thieleella flemingi B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Anatoma mantelli (Woodward, 1859)
Images: Anatoma flemingi (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Thieleella flemingi B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Anatoma mantelli (Woodward, 1859)
Details: Anatoma flemingi (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
Off South Island and Antipodes Islands, living at 400-1006 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Geiger, D.L. 2012 Monograph of the Little Slit Shells 2, Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Temnocinclidae, Sutilizonidae, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA (p.883)
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Scissurellids from the New Zealand region and remarks on some Scissurellid genus group names (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.177) Original Description
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.36)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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