Atlanta helicinoidea is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.[1]

Atlanta helicinoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Atlantidae
Genus: Atlanta
Species:
A. helicinoidea
Binomial name
Atlanta helicinoidea
Synonyms[1]

Atlanta helicinoides Souleyet, 1852

Distribution edit

This species is seen near shore of East and South China Sea.[2][3]

Description edit

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[4]

Habitat edit

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg G, Tran B (2012-07-02). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Atlanta helicinoidea J.E. Gray, 1850". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. ^ "Shell base: Atlanta helicinoides" (in Traditional Chinese). The Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. ^ Zhang, Fusui (1964). "中国近海的浮游软体动物 I.翼足类、异足类及海蜗牛类分类的研究" [The pelagic Molluscs of the China Coast I. A Study to Classify]. Studia Marina Sinica (in Simplified Chinese). 5: 189–226.
  4. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.