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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> japonica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
=Anatoma jansenae Geiger, 2006
=Anatomus japonicus A. Adams, 1862
=Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Scissurella exquisita Schepman, 1908
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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> japonica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
=Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
=Anatoma jansenae Geiger, 2006
=Anatomus japonicus A. Adams, 1862
=Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
=Scissurella exquisita Schepman, 1908
Details: Anatoma japonica (A. Adams, 1862)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
In deep water off the Philippines, Japan, South Africa and off Northern NZ
Notes:
Marine
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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.926)
  • Tryon, G.W. 1890 Manual of Conchology 12 (p.59)
  • Adams, A. 1862 On some new species of Scissurellidae from the Seas of China and Japan, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3(10) (p.347) 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