Atlanta Lesueur 1817 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Atlantidae

Parent taxon: Atlantidae according to C. L. Garvie 2013

See also Ladd 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Wilson 1993, Woodring 1928 and Zorn 1997

Sister taxa: Oxygyrus, Protatlanta

Subtaxa: Atlanta (Atlanta) Atlanta (Atlantidea) Atlanta (Heliconoides) Atlanta cordiformis Atlanta fusca Atlanta helicinoides Atlanta inclinata Atlanta lesueuri Atlanta peroni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Fiji (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (6), Portugal (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), France (2), Greece (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Texas)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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