{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Atlanta inflata 001.jpg | image_caption = ''Atlanta inflata'' | genus = Atlanta | species = inflata | authority = J. E. Gray, 1850 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Atlanta inflata'' <small>Souleyet, 1852</small> * ''Atlanta quoyana'' <small>Souleyet, 1852</small> * ''Atlanta quoyii'' <small>J. E. Gray, 1850</small> }}

'''''Atlanta inflata''''' is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|430413|''Atlanta inflata'' J. E. Gray, 1850|||WoRMS (2009). Atlanta inflata J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430413</nowiki> on 14 August 2010}}</ref>

== Description == The maximum recorded shell length is 3&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLoS ONE'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

(Described in Latin as ''Atlanta inflata'' <small>Souleyet, 1852</small>) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, keeled, translucent, and very thin. The spire is very small, slightly protruding, and sharply conical. There are seven whorls, which are convex; the body whorl is inflated and keeled. The aperture is ovate to sub-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and notched at the front; the peristome (the lip) is thin and sharp.

The operculum is glassy, oval, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Souleyet |first1=L.F.A. |title=Souleye Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). |date=1852 |publisher=Arthus Bertrand |location=Paris |page=384 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738 |access-date=25 December 2025}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>

== Habitat == Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/> Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. * Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. * Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

==External links== * {{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=E. |title=In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors |date=1850 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans |location=London |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 |access-date=25 December 2025}}

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Category:Atlantidae Category:Gastropods described in 1850 Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray