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Atlanta gaudichaudi

Atlanta gaudichaudi is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.

Description

(Originally described in Latin) The shell is glassy, somewhat ovate-discoid, keeled, translucent, and very thin. The spire is very small and flattened. There are five whorls, which are convex-depressed, with the body whorl being keeled. This keel is bordered at the base with a pink margin. The aperture is ovate to sub-acute and notched at the front; the peristome is thin and sharp.

The operculum is glassy, ovate-subacute, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals.

References

  • Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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