Atlanta rosea

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

Atlanta rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Pterotracheoidea
Family:
Atlantidae
Genus:
Atlanta
Species:
A. rosea
Binomial name
Atlanta rosea
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852

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

Distribution

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

References
  1. Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852. 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 .
  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


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