Anatoma aspera

Anatoma aspera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[2]

Anatoma aspera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. aspera
Binomial name
Anatoma aspera
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • † Anatoma costamagnaensis Bandel, 1998
  • Schizotrochus aspera (Philippi, 1844)
  • Schizotrochus divaricatus Montrosato, 1890
  • † Scissurella affinis O. G. Costa, 1861
  • Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Scissurella crispata var. paucicostata Jeffreys, 1865

Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm. The shell is usually grayish-white. Operculum is thin and transparent.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and in the West Indies.

References
  1. Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
  2. Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2013.
  3. Høisæter, Tore; Geiger, Daniel L. (2011). "Species of Anatoma (Gastropoda: Anatomidae) in Norwegian and adjacent waters, with the description of two new species". Nautilus. 125 (3). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • 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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