Protatlanta

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

Protatlanta Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Miocene-Recent[1]
Protatlanta souleyeti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Pterotracheoidea
Family:	Atlantidae
Genus:	Protatlanta Tesch, 1908[2]
Species
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Species

Species in the genus Atlanta include:

• Protatlanta souleyeti (Smith, 1888) - type species and the only Recent species in the genus Protatlanta[1]
• Protatlanta mediterranea Issel, 1915 - recent, sometimes is this considered as separate species[3]
• † Protatlanta rotundata (Gabb, 1873)[1]

References

1. Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica. 135. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
2. Tesch J. J. (1908). "The Pteropoda of the Leyden museum". Notes from the Leyden Museum 29: 181-203.
3. 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.