MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Protatlanta Tesch, 1908

ERMS taxon details

Protatlanta Tesch, 1908

Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Shell from Tyro seamount, central North Atlantic (actual size 1.9 mm)

AphiaID

137689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137689)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Atlanta souleyeti E. A. Smith, 1888 accepted as Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Atlantidae Rang, 1829

Original name

Protatlanta Tesch, 1908

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Species Protatlanta sculpta Issel, 1911
Species Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888)

Environment

marine

Original description

Tesch J.J. (1908). Systematic monograph of the Atlantidae (Heteropoda) with enumeration of the species in the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 30(3): 1-30, pls 1-5., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/552316
page(s): 3, 8-9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protatlanta Tesch, 1908. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137689 on 2026-01-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Protatlanta Tesch, 1908. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137689 on 2026-01-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2011-10-27 14:25:45Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-02-25 18:45:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-05-26 16:16:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Tesch J.J. (1908). Systematic monograph of the Atlantidae (Heteropoda) with enumeration of the species in the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 30(3): 1-30, pls 1-5., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/552316
page(s): 3, 8-9 [details]

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., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/619150/CTZ85-4_Wall-Palmer_423-435.pdf [details]

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., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/314194 [details] Available for editors