Atys miranda
| Atys miranda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Atys |
| Species: | A. miranda
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| Binomial name | |
| Atys miranda E. A. Smith, 1872
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Atys miranda 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]
This is a taxon inquirendum.
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongately ovate and pellucid, being finely striated in a transverse direction and marked by irregular lines of growth. The vertex is depressed and is perforated at the center, from which point the lip rises. The aperture is extremely narrow at the upper part and is produced slightly above the vertex; toward the base, it becomes gradually dilated and effuse. The columella is very short and arched, and it is abruptly truncated in the same manner as is seen in the genus Achatina.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Suez.
References
- ^ Atys miranda E. A. Smith, 1872. 7 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1872). "Remarks on several species of Bullidae, with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed forms and of a new species of Planaxis". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (9): 347. Retrieved 7 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.