Atlanta plana
| Atlanta plana | |
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| Atlanta plana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Atlantidae |
| Genus: | Atlanta |
| Species: | A. plana
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| Binomial name | |
| Atlanta plana Richter, 1972
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Atlanta plana is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm; its height 1.52 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
References
- ^ Atlanta plana Richter, 1972. WoRMS (2009). Atlanta plana Richter, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430419 on 14 August 2010 .
- Richter, G. (1972). Zur kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta (Heteropoda: Atlantidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102: 85–91.
External links
- Janssen, A.W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from the gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and gulf of Aden (Late Holocene-Recent)". The Veliger. 49 (3): 140–195. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- Janssen, A.W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica. 135: 29–177.
- Janssen, A.W. (2012). "Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Le Puget-sur-Argens (Var), France". Cainozoic Research. 9 (2): 145–187.