# Atlanta rosea

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon= Atlanta rosea
| authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1850
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| synonyms = ''Atlanta rosea'' <small>Souleyet, 1852</small> ·
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'''''Atlanta rosea''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a [holoplankton](/source/holoplankton)ic [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Atlantidae](/source/Atlantidae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|744978|''Atlanta rosea'' Gray, 1850|Gofas, S. (2009). Atlanta rosea Souleyet, 1852. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) at <nowiki>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238120</nowiki> on 14 August 2010}}</ref>

Richter (1993) confirmed the validity of this species on the basis of morphology and anatomical characteristics <ref>Richter G. (1993). ''Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta. V: Die Atlanta peroni-Gruppe und Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda).'' Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122: 189-205</ref>

==Description==
(Original description in Latin) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, broadly keeled, extremely thin, and translucent. The [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)) is depressed and flattened. There are six [whorl](/source/Whorl_(mollusc))s, which are convex-depressed, with the [body whorl](/source/body_whorl) being keeled. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is ovate-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and at the front, it is tapered and deeply split; the peristome (the lip of the shell) is thin and sharp.

The [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)) 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>

==Distribution==
This species occurs in the [Tyrrhenian Sea](/source/Tyrrhenian_Sea) in [Sicily](/source/Sicily) and in the [Ionian Sea](/source/Ionian_Sea).

==References==
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==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}}
* {{cite book |last1=Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. |title=Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. Zoologie. |date=1852 |publisher=Bertrand |location=Paris |pages=1-664 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738}}
* [http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.]
* [https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2979550337 Gbif.org - The International Barcode of Life Consortium: images]

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Category:Atlantidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1852
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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