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Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) 
AphiaID: 140616

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Omalogyroidea (Superfamily) > Omalogyridae (Family) > Omalogyra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1859
Synonymised
taxa
  Homalogyra atomus
Skenea nitidissima Forbes & Hanley, 1853
Sources  original description: Philippi R.A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin : 7(1): 42-59; pl. 5, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 54 [details]


basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 78 [details]


additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fretter V. (1948). The structure and life history of some minute prosobranchs of rock pools: Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius), Omalogyra atomus (Philippi), Rissoella diaphana (Alder) and Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys). Journal of the Biological Assiociation of the U.K. 27: 597-632 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish hulspiret snegl  [details]
Dutch atoomslak  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Cape Verde [details]
D. João de Castro Bank [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Goote Bank [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Absent from Baltic and continental shores of North Sea [details]

Distribution: Maine to Rhode Island [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Images 
Omalogyra atomus
Omalogyra atomus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Omalogyra atomus
Omalogyra atomus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 19.09.2008), actual size 0.7 mm.
Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 19.09.2008), actual size 0.7 mm.
added on 2013-02-05 - author: Antit, Mouna
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-05 13:38:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140616
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140616 on 2013-05-20
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