Protatlanta Tesch 1908 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Atlantidae
Alternative spelling: Protoatlanta
Parent taxon: Atlantidae according to A. W. Janssen 1999
See also Jung 1971, Sepkoski 2002 and Zorn 1997
Sister taxa: Atlanta, Oxygyrus
Subtaxa: Protatlanta lissa Protatlanta rotundata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2 collections), Spain (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Greece (1), Grenada (4), Panama (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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