Atlanta peronii

Atlanta peronii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Pterotracheoidea
Family: Atlantidae
Genus: Atlanta
Species: A. peronii
Binomial name
Atlanta peronii
Lesueur, 1817
Synonyms[1]

Atlanta steindachneri Oberwimmer, 1898

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 3338 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817. Gofas, S. (2009). Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138838 on 14 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 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.

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