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Atlanta

Gastropoda - Atlantidae

Taxonomy
Atlanta was named by Lesueur (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 122]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Atlantidae by Woodring (1928), Ladd (1977), Wilson (1993), Zorn (1997) and Garvie (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Atlanta Lesueur
1928Atlanta Woodring p. 132
1977Atlanta Ladd p. 26
1993Atlanta Wilson p. 254
1997Atlanta Zorn p. 33
2002Atlanta Sepkoski
2013Atlanta Garvie p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyPterotracheoideaRafinesque 1814
familyAtlantidaeWiegmann and Ruthe 1832
genusAtlantaLesueur 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Atlanta Lesueur 1817
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Subg. Atlanta (Atlanta) Lesueur 1817
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†Atlanta (Atlanta) diamesa Woodring 1928
Subg. Atlanta (Atlantidea) Pilsbry 1922
Subg. †Atlanta (Heliconoides) Orbigny 1835
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†Atlanta cordiformis Gabb 1873
Atlanta fusca Souleyet 1852
Atlanta helicinoides Souleyet 1852
Atlanta lesueuri Souleyet 1852
Atlanta peroni Lesueur 1817
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:48:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:48:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) A. eocenica (90651) A. funicularis (205533)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) A. fossilis (71236)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) A. sp. 3 (74865)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (74869)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic A. cordiformis (131473)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece A. sp. (76986)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal A. sp. (152328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji A. peronii (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica A. diamesa (34539)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica A. diamesa (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain A. sp. (80558)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) A. sp. (79796 79799)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) A. sp. (61336 79771 79794 79983 79988 79989)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu A. peronii (78042)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands A. peronii (43306)