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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> amydra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Images: Anatoma amydra 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)
> amydra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Details: Anatoma amydra Geiger & Marshall, 2012
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.4mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific and Three Kings Rise. Three Kings Rise, from 410-790m
Type Data:
  • 600-610 metres, Grand Passage, northern New Caledonia, (holotype)
  • 570-610 metres, New Caledonia, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.764)
  • 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.16) 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
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