Anatoma aspera

Anatoma aspera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Anatomidae
Genus:	Anatoma
Species:	A. aspera
Binomial name
	Anatoma aspera; (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
	† Anatoma costamagnaensis Bandel, 1998; Schizotrochus aspera (Philippi, 1844); Schizotrochus divaricatus Montrosato, 1890; † Scissurella affinis O. G. Costa, 1861; Scissurella aspera Philippi, 1844 (basionym); Scissurella crispata var. paucicostata Jeffreys, 1865;

Anatoma aspera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 1 mm and 3 mm. The shell is usually grayish-white. Operculum is thin and transparent.^[3]

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and in the West Indies.

^ Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
^ Anatoma aspera (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2013.
^ Høisæter, Tore; Geiger, Daniel L. (2011). "Species of Anatoma (Gastropoda: Anatomidae) in Norwegian and adjacent waters, with the description of two new species". Nautilus. 125 (3). Retrieved 11 June 2022.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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.

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