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

Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atlanta*	Lesueur, 1817	accepted genus name
*Ladas*	Cantraine, 1841	synonym

Species group names

*Atlanta costae*	Mandralisca, 1840	synonym
*Atlanta keraudrenii*	Lesueur, 1817	synonym
*Atlanta steindachneri*	Oberwimmer, 1898	synonym
*Ladas planorboides*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Oxygyrus keraudrenii*	(Lesueur, 1817)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Peron's sea butterfly sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Perons Kielfüßer-Schwimmschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: クチキレウキガイ

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. (1993). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta. V: Die Atlanta peroni-Gruppe und Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 122: 189-205.
additional source	Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico. 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105.
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. Atlanta peronii 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:138838