Atys ehrenbergi

Atys ehrenbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Haminoeidae
Genus:	Atys
Species:	A. ehrenbergi
Binomial name
Atys ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869)
Synonyms
Alicula ehrenbergiIssel, 1869 (original combination)

Atys ehrenbergi 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 length of the shell attains 11 mm.

(Original description in Italian) The shell is dilated both anteriorly and posteriorly. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; also as an alien species in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Turkey. ^[3]

References

1. Atys ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869) . 6 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Pisa: Biblioteca Malacologica. Retrieved 6 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Agamennone, F. & Micali, P. (2022). First Mediterranean record of Atys ehrenbergi (A. Issel, 1869) with notes on some species of the genus Retusa (T. Brown, 1827) (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea); Bollettino malacologico v.58:no.2 (2022)

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