Biology:Atlanta rosea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Atlanta rosea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Atlantidae
Genus: Atlanta
Species:
A. rosea
Binomial name
Atlanta rosea
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852

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

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4816209 entry