Anatoma

<i>Anatoma</i>

Anatoma

Genus of gastropods


Anatoma is a genus of minute marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Anatomidae, found in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.[2]

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Description

This genus is characterized by a slit in the margin of the outer lip, a rhipidoglossate radula, and a lack of nacre.

Species

The genus Anatoma includes the following species:[2]

Synonyms include:[2]

  • Anatoma aequatorina Hedley, 1899: synonym of Anatoma equatoria (Hedley, 1899)
  • Anatoma aetheria (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Anatoma japonica (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma americana Bandel, 1998: synonym of Anatoma proxima (Dall, 1927)
  • Anatoma baxteri McLean, 1984: synonym of Thieleella baxteri (McLean, 1984)
  • Anatoma cebuana Bandel, 1998: synonym of Scissurella cebuana (Bandel, 1998)
  • Anatoma chiricova (Dall, 1919): synonym of Anatoma kelseyi (Dall, 1905)
  • Anatoma costamagnaensis Bandel, 1998: synonym of Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844)
  • Anatoma dohrniana Dunker, 1861: synonym of Scissurella dohrniana (Dunker, 1861)
  • Anatoma epicharis (McLean, 1970): synonym of Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970)
  • Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Anatoma japonica (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma funiculata Geiger & Jansen, 2004: synonym of Anatoma pseudoequatoria (Kay, 1979)
  • Anatoma herberti Geiger & Sasaki, 2008: synonym of Anatoma finlayi (Powell, 1937)
  • Anatoma jacksoni (Melvill, 1904): synonym of Anatoma munieri (P. Fischer, 1862)
  • Anatoma jansenae Geiger, 2006: synonym of Anatoma japonica (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma josephinae (Odhner, 1960): synonym of Anatoma tenuis (Jeffreys, 1877)
  • Anatoma mantelli (Woodward, 1859): synonym of Scissurella mantelli Woodward, 1859
  • Anatoma mirifica A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Scissurella mirifica (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma obtusata (Golikov & Gulbin, 1978): synonym of Anatoma concinna (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma paucispiralia (Bandel, 1998): synonym of Anatoma pseudoequatoria (Kay, 1979)
  • Anatoma pulchella (Bandel, 1998): synonym of Anatoma pseudoequatoria (Kay, 1979)
  • Anatoma richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896): synonym of Scissurella richardi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Anatoma staminea A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Scissurella staminea (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Anatoma turbinata A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Anatoma munieri (P. Fischer, 1862)
Nomen dubium
  • Anatoma bertheloti (d'Orbigny, 1840)

References

  1. Daniel L. Geiger; Takenori Sasaki (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" (PDF). Zoosymposia. 1: 247–264. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.1.1.14.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Anatoma Woodward, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138464 on 2012-01-14,
  3. Daniel L. Geiger (2011). Anatoma emilioi, a new species of Anatomidae McLean, 1989 from the Hawaiian Islands. - 534-535. In: Mike Severns. Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells: 564 pp., ConchBooks, Hackenheim.

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