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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916
Images: Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916)
Dredged 300-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Dredged 300-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Dredged 300-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Dredged 300-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Scissurella regia, collected 29 May 1914, off Three Kings Islands, W of Cape Reinga, NZ (M.001744). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916
Details: Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Lord Howe Rise and New Zealand. West Norfolk Ridge, southern Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, Campbell Plateau and Pukaki Rise, from 12-1076m
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.36)
  • Mestayer, M. 1916 Preliminary list of Mollusca from dredgings taken off the northern coasts of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 48 (p.124) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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