Range: 32°N to 5°S; 65°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Synonymy
Limacina helicialis auct. non Lamarck, 1819 Atlanta lesueurii Gray, 1850 Atlanta lesueurii Souleyet, 1852 Atlanta primitia Couthouy, 1852
Details
Atlanta lesueuriiGray, 1850b, p. 101, pl. 241, fig. 6 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Not stated Distribution: Oceanic Comments: Preoccupied by Atlanta lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1835, now Limacina, but homonymy allowed to stand by ICZN Opinion 3404 (2009).
Limacina helicialis auct. non Lamarck, 1819, [Not available; synonymy uncertain] References: E. A. Smith (1888) s Comments: Misidentification by Sowerby I (1833, 136, fig. 3, as Limacina helicialis). Sowerby I (1839) noted the error and illustrated the species as Atlanta helicialis, but a misidentication cannot be used as the name for a new taxon in this manner (ICZN Article 49).
Atlanta lesueuriiSouleyet, 1852b, p. 380-382, [Souleyet 1849, pl. 20, figs. 1-8] [Objective synonym of valid name] Attributed to: Eydoux & Souleyet (1852) Type Locality: 'l'océan Atlantique' Range: 32°N to 5°S; 65°W to 0°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Bermuda References: Souleyet (1852b) M Comments: Non d'Orbigny, 1836; synonym and homonym of Gray, 1850.
Atlanta primitia Couthouy in Gould, 1852, p. 491-492, [Gould 1860, pl. 51, fig. 597] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Equatorial Atlantic Distribution: Oceanic References: Richter (1973) v; van der Spoel (1976) s? Comments: Gould (1852) appended '[J.P.C.]' to the description, indicating that Couthouy wrote it.
Partial List of References
Gould, A. A. 1852. Mollusca & Shells United States Exploring Expedition 12 xv + 510 pp. Gould & Lincoln: Boston. Gray, J. E. 1850. Figures of the molluscous animals. Explanations of the plates Figures of the Molluscous Animals 4 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1850; true date: post 12 Feb.] Souleyet. 1852. Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite Voyage Autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite, Zoologie 2 664 pp., [See Souleyet 1849]. Paris.
