WoRMS taxon details
Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916)
492993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492993)
accepted
Species
Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916) Mestayer, M. K. (1916). Preliminary list of Mollusca from dredgings taken off the northern coasts of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 122–128.</em>
page(s): 124 [details]
page(s): 124 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anatoma regia (Mestayer, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492993 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916) Mestayer, M. K. (1916). Preliminary list of Mollusca from dredgings taken off the northern coasts of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 122–128.</em>
page(s): 124 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 124 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 35 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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. <i>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs</i>. Number 7. [30 October 2012]. [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001744; Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916; holotype) (from synonym Scissurella regia Mestayer, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
