Anatoma lyra

Anatoma lyra
Shell of Anatoma lyra (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. lyra
Binomial name
Anatoma lyra
(S. S. Berry, 1947)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anatoma baxteri McLean, 1984
  • Scissurella lyra S. Berry, 1947
  • Thieleella baxteri (McLean, 1984)

Anatoma lyra is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae. [1] [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Alaska and British Columbia.

References

  1. ^ a b Anatoma lyra (S. S. Berry, 1947). 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  • 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
  • Berry, S.S. (1947). "New Mollusca from the Pleistocene of San Pedro, California-III". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 31 (127): 256–275.
  • McLean, J.H. (1984). "New species of Northeast Pacific archaeogastropods". The Veliger. 26 (3): 233. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • ITIS
  • World Register of Marine Species


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