Genus Atlanta Lesueur, 1817

Museums

Regional Maps

• Atlanta Lesueur, J.A. 1817. Mémoire sur deux nouveaux genres de mollusques, Atlante et Atlas. Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 85: 390-393 [390] [Atlantis [Oken, 1819, Isis, 1819(1): column 41] is an incorrect subsequent spelling].

  Type species:

   Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817 by subsequent designation, see Blainville, M.H. de 1827. Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchologie etc. Paris : Levrault (1825–1827) viii 664 pp. [Date published 1825–1827] [493].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, Atlantic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lalli, C.M. & Gilmer, R.W. 1989. Pelagic Snails. The biology of holoplanktic gastropod molluscs. Stanford, California : Stanford Press, University of Stanford 159 pp. [29-53]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [254]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	PTEROTRACHEOIDEA	30-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		13-Feb-2012	MODIFIED