Atys guildingi

Atys guildingi
Shell of Atys guildingi (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Haminoeidae
Genus:	Atys
Species:	A. guildingi
Binomial name
Atys guildingi G. B. Sowerby II, 1869

Atys guildingi, common name Guilding's atys, 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 12 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate, thin, and is a dull greyish-white in color. It is attenuated posteriorly and is spirally striated near the ends, while the surface is slightly wrinkled longitudinally. The body is ventricose below the centre and is slightly umbilicated at each end. The outer lip is elevated above the spire, appearing subacuminated and inflected, while the columella is thin and relatively straight.

This species is one of the very few in the genus Atys which presents the character of possessing longitudinal wrinkles or striae. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida, USA and in the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe; found at depths up to 25 m.

References

1. Atys guildingi . 6 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Sowerby, G.B. II (1869). Monograph of the genus Atys. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17. London: L. Reeve & Co. Retrieved 6 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Petit, R.E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa". Zootaxa. 2189. Retrieved 6 January 2026.