Protatlanta
Encyclopedia
Atlanta is a genus
of pelagic marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Atlantidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of pelagic marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Atlantidae
Atlantidae
Atlantidae is a family of sea snails, holoplanktonic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Atlantidae has no subfamilies.- Description :...
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Species
Species in the genus Atlanta include:- Protatlanta souleyetiProtatlanta souleyetiProtatlanta souleyeti is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.Protatlanta souleyeti is the type species on the genus Protatlanta...
(Smith, 1888) - type species and the only Recent species in the genus Protatlanta - Protatlanta mediterraneaProtatlanta mediterraneaProtatlanta mediterranea is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae....
Issel, 1915 - recent, sometimes is this considered as separate species - † Protatlanta rotundataProtatlanta rotundataProtatlanta rotundata is an extinct species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.-Description:The width of the shell can reach up to 10 mm...
(Gabb, 1873)