Anatoma lyra is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.[1][2]

Anatoma lyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Anatomidae
Genus: Anatoma
Species:
A. lyra
Binomial name
Anatoma lyra
(S. S. Berry, 1947)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anatoma baxteri McLean, 1984
  • Scissurella lyra S. Berry, 1947
  • Thieleella baxteri (McLean, 1984)

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Alaska.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Anatoma lyra (S. S. Berry, 1947). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492991 on 2013-02-16
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

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