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

Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protatlanta*	Tesch, 1908	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Atlanta lamanonii*	Souleyet, 1852	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Atlanta sculpta var. mediterranea*	(Issel, 1915)	synonym
*Atlanta souleyeti*	E. A. Smith, 1888	synonym
*Protatlanta sculpta var. mediterranea*	Issel, 1915	synonym

Literature

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	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888). 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:138840