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

Protatlanta Tesch, 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Protatlanta sculpta Issel, 1911
Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888)

Literature

original description	Tesch J.J. (1908). Systematic monograph of the Atlantidae (Heteropoda) with enumeration of the species in the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 30(3): 1-30, pls 1-5.
basis of record	Wall-Palmer D., Burridge A.K., Peijnenburg K.T.C.A., Janssen A., Goetze E., Kirby R., Hart M.B. & Smart C.W. (2016). Evidence for the validity of Protatlanta sculpta (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea). Contributions to Zoology. 85(4): 423-435.
additional source	Janssen, A.W. (2007). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines). Scripta Geologica. 135: 29-177.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protatlanta Tesch, 1908. 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:137689