Anatoma finlayi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Anatoma finlayi
Shell of Anatoma finlayi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. finlayi
Binomial name
Anatoma finlayi
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Anatoma herberti Geiger & Sasaki, 2008
  • Schizotrochus finlayi Powell, 1937

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Anatoma finlayi (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492985 on 2013-03-18
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Geiger D.L. & Sasaki T. (2008) Four new species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) from the Indian Ocean (Reunion, Mayotte) and Australia, with notes on a novel radular type for the family. Zoosymposia 1: 247-164.
  • 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.