Anatoma euglypta is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]
| Anatoma euglypta | |
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| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. euglypta
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma euglypta (Pelseneer, 1903)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scissurella euglypta Pelseneer, 1903 | |
Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters.
References
edit- ^ a b 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