Atlanta rosea

Atlanta rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Atlantidae
Genus:	Atlanta
Species:	A. rosea
Binomial name
Atlanta rosea Gray, 1850
Synonyms
Atlanta roseaSouleyet, 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]

Description

(Orignal description in Latin) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, broadly keeled, extremely thin, and translucent. The spire is depressed and flattened. There are six whorls, which are convex-depressed, with the body whorl being keeled. The aperture is ovate-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and at the front, it is tapered and deeply split; the peristome (the lip of the shell) is thin and sharp.

The operculum is glassy, oval, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals. ^[3]

Distribution

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

References

1. Atlanta rosea Gray, 1850 . 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. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
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
3. Souleyet, L.F.A. (1852). Souleye Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. 384. Retrieved 25 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Gray, E. (1850). In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
• Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. Zoologie. Paris: Bertrand. pp. 1–664.
• Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
• Gbif.org - The International Barcode of Life Consortium: images