Protatlanta Explained

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

Species

Species in the genus Atlanta include:

• Protatlanta souleyeti (Smith, 1888) - type species and the only Recent species in the genus Protatlanta
• Protatlanta mediterranea Issel, 1915 - recent, sometimes is this considered as separate species^[1]
• † Protatlanta rotundata (Gabb, 1873)

Notes and References

1. 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.