Atlanta plana

Atlanta plana
Atlanta plana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Atlantidae
Genus:	Atlanta
Species:	A. plana
Binomial name
Atlanta plana Richter, 1972

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm; its height 1.52 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

References

1. Atlanta plana Richter, 1972 . WoRMS (2009). Atlanta plana Richter, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430419 on 14 August 2010 .

• Richter, G. (1972). Zur kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta (Heteropoda: Atlantidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102: 85–91.

External links

• Janssen, A.W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from the gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and gulf of Aden (Late Holocene-Recent)". The Veliger. 49 (3): 140–195. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
• Janssen, A.W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica. 135: 29–177.
• Janssen, A.W. (2012). "Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Le Puget-sur-Argens (Var), France". Cainozoic Research. 9 (2): 145–187.