Anatoma Woodward 1859 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae

Alternative spelling: Scissurella (Anatoma)

Parent taxon: Anatomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Ladd 1966, Ladd 1972, Ladd 1982 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Schizotrochus

Subtaxa: Anatoma aspera Anatoma crispata Anatoma hedegaardi Anatoma lyra Anatoma rosenkrantzi Anatoma tongaensis Scissurella (Anatoma) equatoria

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Greenland (2), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Tuvalu (1), United States (1: California), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (5)

• Miocene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (3), Tonga (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences

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