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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
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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.926)
  • Tryon, G.W. 1890 Manual of Conchology 12 (p.59)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil