Anatoma atlantica

Anatoma atlantica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Anatomidae.

Description

The shell of this species grows to a length of 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Florida and North Carolina, US; also off the Bahamas and Brazil.

References

• Bandel, K. 1998. Scissurellidae als Modell für die Variationsbreite einer natürlichen Einheit der Schlitzbandschnecken (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-paläontogischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 81: 1–120, 23 pls.
• 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.
• Pimenta A.D. & Geiger D.L. (2015). Taxonomic revision of the Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from Brazil, with description of four new species. Malacologia. 59(1): 135-175.