Anatoma tangaroa
| Anatoma tangaroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. tangaroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma tangaroa Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012[1]
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Anatoma tangaroa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae. [2]
Description
[edit]The width of the shell attains 1.79 mm, its height 1.42 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, west of Cape Reinga and on the Kermadec Ridge.
References
[edit]- ^ Geiger D.L. & Marshall B.A. (2012) New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond. Zootaxa 3344: 1–33. (13 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Anatoma tangaroa Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012. 12 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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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