Protatlanta souleyeti

Protatlanta souleyeti
Temporal range: Pliocene-Recent
apical view of the shell of Protatlanta souleyeti from the Pliocene of Philippines
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Atlantidae
Genus: Protatlanta
Species:
P. souleyeti
Binomial name
Protatlanta souleyeti
(E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms

Atlanta souleyeti Smith, 1888

Protatlanta souleyeti is a species of sea snail, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Atlantidae.

Protatlanta souleyeti is the type species on the genus Protatlanta. It is considered to be the only Recent species on the genus.

The specific name souleyeti is in honor of French malacologist Louis François Auguste Souleyet.