Anatoma keenae

Anatoma keenae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. keenae
Binomial name
Anatoma keenae
(McLean, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anatoma epicharis (McLean, 1970)
  • Scissurella (Anatoma) epicharis J. H. McLean, 1970 junior subjective synonym
  • Scissurella (Anatoma) keenae J. H. McLean, 1970 alternative representation
  • Scissurella epicharis McLean, 1970 junior subjective synonym
  • Scissurella keenae McLean, 1970 superseded combination

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

Description

The diameter of the shell is around 1.9 mm, with the height being more varied at around 1.3-2.0mm. It have small, fragile shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California, Mexico; off the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Anatoma keenae (McLean, 1970). 22 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • 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.
  • Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers. Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
  • McLean, J.H. (1970). "New species of tropical eastern Pacific Gastropoda" (PDF). Malacological Review. 2 (2): 117. Retrieved 22 July 2025.


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