Anatoma weddelliana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.[1][2]

Anatoma weddelliana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. weddelliana
Binomial name
Anatoma weddelliana
(Zelaya & Geiger, 2007)
Synonyms[1]
  • Thieleella weddelliana Zelaya & Geiger, 2007

Description

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The height of the shell reaches 5.6 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Anatoma weddelliana (Zelaya & Geiger, 2007). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719335 on 2013-03-17
  2. ^ 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. (30 October 2012)
  • 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.
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
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