Atys ehrenbergi
| Atys ehrenbergi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Atys |
| Species: | A. ehrenbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Atys ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alicula ehrenbergi Issel, 1869 (original combination) | |
Atys ehrenbergi is a species of small tropical sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
(Original description in Italian) The shell is dilated both anteriorly and posteriorly.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; also as an alien species in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Turkey.[3]
References
- ^ Atys ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869). 6 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Pisa: Biblioteca Malacologica. Retrieved 6 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Agamennone, F. & Micali, P. (2022). First Mediterranean record of Atys ehrenbergi (A. Issel, 1869) with notes on some species of the genus Retusa (T. Brown, 1827) (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea); Bollettino malacologico v.58:no.2 (2022)
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Yonow, Nathalie. "Sea slugs of the Red Sea: A ‘molecular’update." Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula. CRC Press, 2024. 185–204.
- Nithyanandan, Manickam, et al. "An annotated checklist of heterobranch molluscs of the Arabian Gulf and their zoogeographic affinities with adjacent seas." Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula. CRC Press, 2024. 153–184.
- Yonow, N. "12. Opisthobranchs of the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea: an account of similarities and differences." (2008).
- Manousis, Thanasis. "The Marine Mollusca of Greece (by January 2025): an updated, systematic catalogue, documented with bibliographic and pictorial references."