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Taxonomy
Family:
ATLANTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Atlantidae (Family)
> Atlanta (Genus)
> brunnea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta fusca Souleyet, 1852
Images: Atlanta brunnea Gray, 1850
Tyro seamount, central North Atlantic. 2.0mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ATLANTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Pterotracheoidea (Superfamily)
> Atlantidae (Family)
> Atlanta (Genus)
> brunnea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta fusca Souleyet, 1852
Details: Atlanta brunnea Gray, 1850
Distribution:
Raoul Island, Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Cape Brett
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Janssen, A.W., Seapy, R.R. 2009 On the identity and distribution of Atlanta inflata Gray, 1850 (Gastropoda, Pterotracheoidea, Atlantidae) in the world's oceans, Basteria, 73 (p.140)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.534)

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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