Anatoma occidentalis
| Anatoma occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Anatomidae |
| Genus: | Anatoma |
| Species: | A. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anatoma occidentalis L. Hoffman & Freiwald, 2022
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Anatoma occidentalis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae. [1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 2.2 mm , its diameter 2.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs on the Tamxat Mounds, off Mauritania; also off Angola.
References
- ^ a b Anatoma occidentalis L. Hoffman & Freiwald, 2022. 25 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
- Hoffman, L. & Freiwald, A. (2022). "Anatoma occidentalis n. sp. (Vetigastropoda, Anatomidae) from upper bathyal coral habitats off western Africa". Iberus. 40 (2). Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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