Anatoma finlayi

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Anatoma finlayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species: A. finlayi
Binomial name
Anatoma finlayi
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms

Schizotrochus finlayi Powell, 1937

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

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[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Habitat

This scissurellid is found at depths of about 170 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shells are small, white, trochiform, 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.

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