Anatoma australis

Anatoma australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species: A. australis
Binomial name
Anatoma australis
(Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schizotrochus australis auct.
  • Scissurella australis Hedley, 1903

Anatoma australis, common name the southern slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and off Tasmania

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Anatoma australis (Hedley, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492982 on 2013-02-16

External links

External identifiers for Anatoma australis
Encyclopedia of Life 4793591
WoRMS 492982


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