Protatlanta

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Protatlanta
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
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Protatlanta souleyeti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Pterotracheoidea
Family:
Atlantidae
Genus:
Protatlanta

Tesch, 1908 [2]
Species

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Atlanta is a genus of pelagic marine gastropod molluscs in the family Atlantidae.

Species

Species in the genus Atlanta include:

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<i>Protatlanta souleyeti</i> Species of gastropod

Protatlanta souleyeti is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica . 135. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. ↑ Tesch J. J. (1908). "The Pteropoda of the Leyden museum". Notes from the Leyden Museum29: 181-203.
  3. ↑ Stoch F. (ed.) Atlantidae. in: CHECKLIST OF THE SPECIES OF THE ITALIAN FAUNA. On-line version 2.0. http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ Last update: December 3, 2003, accessed 20 August 2010.
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