Atys Montfort 1810 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae

Parent taxon: Haminoeidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Gardner 1948, Jensen 1996, MacNeil 1960, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Rippingale and McMichael 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Atydinae, Haminoea

Subtaxa: Atys (Atys) Atys (Weinkauffia) Atys aedemata Atys cylindricus Atys doliolum Atys hyalina Atys multistriatus Atys naucum Atys obscuratus Atys sulcata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (1), Cayman Islands (1), Djibouti (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), French Polynesia (1), Panama (1), United States (7: California, Florida), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), United States (2: California), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), India (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (4), United States (10: Florida)

• Oligocene of Panama (1), United States (5: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Tonga (1), United States (8: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (19: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 97 collections including 106 occurrences

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