Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Pterotracheoidea > Family Atlantidae

Atlanta Lesueur, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ladas*	Cantraine, 1841	synonym

Children

Atlanta brunnea J. E. Gray, 1850
Atlanta fragilis Richter, 1993
Atlanta gaudichaudi Gray, 1850
Atlanta helicinoidea J. E. Gray, 1850
Atlanta inclinata J. E. Gray, 1850
Atlanta inflata J. E. Gray, 1850
Atlanta lesueurii J. E. Gray, 1850
Atlanta meteori Richter, 1972
Atlanta oligogyra Tesch, 1906
Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817
Atlanta rosea Gray, 1850
Atlanta selvagensis de Vera & Seapy, 2006

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クチキレウキガイ属

Literature

original description	Lesueur, [C.A.]. (1817). Mémoire sur deux nouveaux genres de mollusques, Atlante et Atlas. Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. 85: 390-393.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Richter G. & Seapy R.R. 1999. Heteropoda, pp. 621-647. In: D. Boltovskoy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publ.
subsequent type designation	Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atlanta Lesueur, 1817. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137687