Anatoma australis (Hedley 1903)

Anatoma australis, commonly known as the southern slit shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Anatomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia and off Tasmania

References

• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 . A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
• Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
• Jansen, P., 1999 .The Australian Scissurellidae. Conchiglia, 31(291):47-55.
• 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.