Atys liriope

Atys liriope
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Haminoeidae
Genus: Atys
Species:
A. liriope
Binomial name
Atys liriope
Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
Synonyms

Atys (Aliculastrum) liriope Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

Atys liriope 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 9.8 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California.

References

  • Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
  • Valdés, A. (2019). "Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs". Zoosymposia. 13: 269.