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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> equatoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Anatoma lamellata nanshaensis W.M. Feng, 1996
=Scissurella equatoria Hedley, 1899
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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> equatoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Anatoma lamellata nanshaensis W.M. Feng, 1996
=Scissurella equatoria Hedley, 1899
Details: Anatoma equatoria (Hedley, 1899)
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 3mm, Height 2.68mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Ridge, from 82-538m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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.854)
  • Hedley, C. 1899 The Mollusca of Funafuti. (Supplement), Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 3 (p.551) 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