''Atlanta'' is a
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gastropod
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s in the
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Atlantidae
Atlantidae is a family of sea snails, holoplanktonic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Atlantidae has no subfamilies.
Description
The Atlantidae is a ...
.
Species
Species in the genus ''Atlanta'' include:
* ''
Protatlanta souleyeti
''Protatlanta souleyeti'' is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.
''Protatlanta souleyeti'' is the type species on the genus ''Protatlanta''. It is considered to be the only Recent species ...
'' (Smith, 1888) - type species and the only Recent species in the genus ''Protatlanta''
* ''
Protatlanta mediterranea'' Issel, 1915 - recent, sometimes is this considered as separate species
[Stoch F. (ed.]
Atlantidae
in: CHECKLIST OF THE SPECIES OF THE ITALIAN FAUNA. On-line version 2.0. http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ Last update: December 3, 2003, accessed 20 August 2010.
* † ''
Protatlanta rotundata'' (Gabb, 1873)
References
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Atlantidae