Biology:Anatoma euglypta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Anatoma euglypta
Anatoma euglypta 001.jpg
Drawing of the ventral aspect of the animal without the shell, magnified: br.d, right gill ; br.s, left gill ; m.vi, visceral mass ; oc, right eye ; op, operculum; p;foot; pa, mantle ; t, snout ; tc, left cephalic tentacle; te.cp, epipodial tentacles; te.pa, pallial tentacle; te.p.o, post-ocular tentacle.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. euglypta
Binomial name
Anatoma euglypta
(Pelseneer, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Scissurella euglypta Pelseneer, 1903

Anatoma euglypta is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anatoma euglypta (Pelseneer, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012.
  • Pelseneer, P. (1903). Zoologie: Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Résultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery: Rapports Scientifiques (1901–1913). Buschmann: Anvers. 85, IX plates pp
  • Zelaya D.G. & Geiger D.L. (2007). Species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters (Gastropopda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 49(2):393–443.
  • 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.
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp

Wikidata ☰ Q4752253 entry