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Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Thieleella flemingi B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Anatoma mantelli (Woodward, 1859)
Images: Anatoma flemingi (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ANATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anatomidae (Family)
> Anatoma (Genus)
> flemingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anatomus H. Adams, 1862
=Hainella Bandel, 1998
=Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877
=Scissurella (Anatoma) Woodward, 1859
=Thieleella Bandel, 1998
Synonymised Names:
=Thieleella flemingi B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Anatoma mantelli (Woodward, 1859)
Details: Anatoma flemingi (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, South Cavalli Seamount, South, Auckland and Antipodes Islands, and Chatham Rise, from 60-991m
Type Data:
  • 105 metres, Dagg Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (neotype of Schizotrochus mantelli sensu (Fleming, 1948))
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Geiger, D.L. 2012 Monograph of the Little Slit Shells 2, Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Temnocinclidae, Sutilizonidae, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA (p.883)
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Scissurellids from the New Zealand region and remarks on some Scissurellid genus group names (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.177) Original Description
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.36)

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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