Original paper
Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Atlanta (V). Die Atlanta peroni-Gruppe und Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda)
[Description of the genus Atlanta (V). The Atlanta peroni-group and Atlanta gaudichaudi (Prosobranchia: Heteropoda)]
Richter, Gotthard
Archiv für Molluskenkunde Band 122 (1993), p. 189 - 205
17 references
published: Feb 28, 1993
DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/189
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Abstract
In the following paper 5 Atlanta-species are described. Of these only 2, Atlanta peroni and A. gaudichaudi, were recognized as valid species by Tesch (1949) and van der Spoel (1976). A closer investigation of the morphological characters on shell and radula, especially on the tiny larval shells, reveal that there are in fact 4 different species belonging to the peroni-group, 2 of them new to science (at least never described properly). The peroni-group, discernible by serveral main-characters present in every species of the group, contains (by now) the following species: Atlanta peroni Lesueur 1817, A. rosea Souleyet 1852, A. fragilis n. sp. and A. frontieri n. sp.. Atlanta gaudichaudi has to be split off from the peroni-group and added to the group of Atlanta plana and A. echinogyra Richter 1972.
Keywords
Atlanta • peroni-group • valid species • larval shells • radula