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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> maxima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella maxima 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)
> maxima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella maxima Schepman, 1908
Details: Anatoma maxima (Schepman, 1908)
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.972)
  • Schepman, M. 1908 The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa, Siboga Expeditie, 49 (p.83) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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