Atys cheverti

Atys cheverti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Haminoeidae
Genus:	Atys
Species:	A. cheverti
Binomial name
Atys cheverti Brazier, 1877

Atys cheverti is a species of small tropical sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails. ^[1]

Description

The shell is oval in shape and extremely delicate in structure. It is whitish-gray in color, translucent, and somewhat expanded, being slightly produced at both ends. Both the anterior and posterior parts are spirally striated, with fine, shallowly grooved striae that are clear and sharply defined, about fourteen on each side. The central surface is very smooth. The apex bears a single fold. The outer lip is slightly expanded and extremely thin. The aperture is narrow and crescent-shaped, and the columella is faintly marked by a single fold. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Torres Strait and off Queensland.

References

1. Atys cheverti Brazier, 1877 . 5 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Tryon, George W., (George Washington), Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, Sharp, Benjamin (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species; Ser.1,v.15 p. 272 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Marshall, J. G.; Willan, R. C. (1999). Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef: a survey of the Opisthobranchia (sea slugs) of Heron and Wistari Reefs. 257 pp. Backhuys: Leiden.

External links

• Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: images