Atlanta rosea

Atlanta rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Atlantidae
Genus: Atlanta
Species:
A. rosea
Binomial name
Atlanta rosea
Gray, 1850
Synonyms

Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852 ·

Atlanta rosea is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.[1]

Richter (1993) confirmed the validity of this species on the basis of morphology and anatomical characteristics [2]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, broadly keeled, extremely thin, and translucent. The spire is depressed and flattened. There are six whorls, which are convex-depressed, with the body whorl being keeled. The aperture is ovate-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and at the front, it is tapered and deeply split; the peristome (the lip of the shell) is thin and sharp.

The operculum is glassy, oval, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily and in the Ionian Sea.

References

  1. ^ Atlanta rosea Gray, 1850. Gofas, S. (2009). Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238120 on 14 August 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Richter G. (1993). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta. V: Die Atlanta peroni-Gruppe und Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122: 189-205
  3. ^ Souleyet, L.F.A. (1852). Souleye Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. 384. Retrieved 25 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.