Atlanta rosea is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.[1]
| Atlanta rosea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Atlantidae |
| Genus: | Atlanta |
| Species: | A. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Atlanta rosea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
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Richter (1993) confirmed the validity of this species on the basis of morphology and anatomical characteristics [2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily and in the Ionian Sea.
References edit
- ^ Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852. Gofas, S. (2009). Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238120 on 14 August 2010 .
- ^ Richter G. (1993). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta. V: Die Atlanta peroni-Gruppe und Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122: 189-205
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