Anatoma pseudoequatoria

Anatoma pseudoequatoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. pseudoequatoria
Binomial name
Anatoma pseudoequatoria
(Kay, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anatoma funiculata Geiger & Jansen, 2004
  • Anatoma paucispiralia (Bandel, 1998)
  • Anatoma pulchella (Bandel, 1998)
  • Hainella paucispiralia Bandel, 1998
  • Hainella pulchella Bandel, 1998
  • Scissurella pseudoequatoria Kay, 1979

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 0.9 mm, its height 0.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands.

References

  • Bandel (1998). Mitt. Geol.-Pal. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 81 : 1-119
  • Geiger D.L. & Jansen P. 2004. Revision of the Australian species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Zootaxa 415 : 1-35
  • 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
  • Kay, E.A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca (PDF). Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. xviii. p. 39. Retrieved 24 July 2025.