original description
Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Scissurellidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 346-348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602946
page(s): 347. [details]
additional source
Herbert D. G. (1986). A revision of the Southern African Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). <i>Annals of the Natal Museum 27 (2)</i>: 601-632
page(s): 617; note: restriction of type locality [details]
From other sources
Classification Anatomus japonicus is a scissurellid mollusc [details]
From editor or global species database