Protatlanta souleyeti (E. A. Smith, 1888)

Worldwide warm waters. Swimming predator of the photic zone. Synonyms: lamanoni, mediterranea… In fact, there are only two extant species, which differ morphologically by the sculpture of the early whorls: in souleyeti they are smooth, in sculpta they are not. Above: a specimen found in coralligenous debris from 85m deep, Saronic Gulf, SE. Greece. 2mm.

A specimen from the southern Pacific, with its cartilaginous keel almost intact. Original picture provided by D. Wall-Palmer, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, for GBIF – (CC BY-NC-SA).

350m deep, off Cavtat, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 2mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) –

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