Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817
Worldwide warm seas. Swimming predator of the photic zone.
40m deep, le Scole, isola del Giglio, Toscana, W. Italy. 3mm.
Synonyms: costae, steindachneri, planorboides.
 
Spire not strongly tilted relative to the plane of coiling, with a moderately elevated spire, which is devoid of conspicuous ornamentation. – 260m deep, on Canopus Bank, 120mi off Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 7mm.
Atlanta Peronii in A. D. d’Orbigny: Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale vol. IX, Paris 1847, Mollusques, plate XII.

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