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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> megascutula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Images: Anatoma megascutula Geiger & Marshall, 2012
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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> megascutula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Details: Anatoma megascutula Geiger & Marshall, 2012
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.03mm, Height 3.36mm
Distribution:
South-western Pacific and Chatham Rise, from 757-875m
Type Data:
  • 820-860 metres, off Fiji, (paratype)
  • 450-510 metres, off Tongatapu, Tonga, (paratype)
  • 800-850 metres, E of Rapa, Austral Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Geiger, D.L., Marshall, B.A. 2012 New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond, Zootaxa, 3344 (p.24) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil