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Anatoma australis

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Anatoma australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Anatoma australis
(Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schizotrochus australis auct.
  • Scissurella australis Hedley, 1903

Anatoma australis, commonly known as the southern slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and off Tasmania

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492982 on 2013-02-16
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 . A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
  • Jansen, P., 1999 .The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
  • Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.
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