Atlanta turriculata is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.
(Description in Latin by Souleyet) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, broadly keeled, extremely thin, and transparent. The spire is very small, protruding, and tower-shaped. It is composed of five slightly convex whorls, with the final whorl being keeled.
The aperture is ovate-subacute (somewhat egg-shaped and pointed), slightly reflected (turned back) at the rear, and lightly notched at the front. The peristome (the lip of the shell) is thin and sharp. The operculum is glassy, nearly oval, thin, transparent, and has few whorls.
This species is distinguished by its tower-like (turriculate) spire.
References
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques