Anatoma finlayi

Taxobox
name = "Anatoma finlayi"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Pleurotomariacea
familia = Scissurellidae
genus = "Anatoma"
species = "A. finlayi"
binomial = "Anatoma finlayi"
binomial_authority = (Powell, 1937)
synonyms = "Schizotrochus finlayi" Powell, 1937

"Anatoma finlayi" is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scissurellidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

Habitat

This scissurellid is found at depths of about 170 m.

hell description

The shells are small, white, , with discrepant sculpture, consisting of strong, widely spaced radials on the shoulder slope, and numerous, much finer radials on the base. The interstices are crowded with fine spiral threads.

The shell height is up to 1.7 mm, and width 1.9 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1