Atlanta inflata is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.
Description The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
(Described in Latin as Atlanta inflata Souleyet, 1852) The shell is glassy, disc-shaped, keeled, translucent, and very thin. The spire is very small, slightly protruding, and sharply conical. There are seven whorls, which are convex; the body whorl is inflated and keeled. The aperture is ovate to sub-acute, slightly reflected at the back, and notched at the front; the peristome (the lip) is thin and sharp.
The operculum is glassy, oval, thin, translucent, and has only a few spirals.
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
References
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