Atlanta inflata is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.
(Described in Latin as Atlanta inflata <small>Souleyet, 1852</small>) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, keeled, translucent, and very thin. The spire is very small, slightly protruding, and sharply conical. There are seven whorls, which are convex; the body whorl is inflated and keeled. The aperture is ovate to sub-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and notched at the front; the peristome (the lip) is thin and sharp.
The operculum is glassy, oval, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
References
- Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
- 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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