Coverage

Only one species of heteropod, Atlanta peronii, is treated in detail here.

The following species were found by Newman (1990) to occur rarely and erratically in waters off eastern NSW. She gives distribution maps and figures of shells for some of them.

Family Atlantidae

Atlanta keraudreni (Lesueur, 1817)

Protatlanta souleyeti (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817

Atlanta gaudichaudi  J.E. Gray, 1850

Atlanta helicinoidea J.E. Gray, 1850 

Atlanta inflata J.E. Gray, 1850

Atlanta turriculata d'Orbigny, 1836

Atlanta inclinata J.E. Gray, 1850

Atlanta meteori Richter, 1972

Family Carinariidae

Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Carinaria galea Benson, 1835

Carinaria cithara Benson, 1835

Pterosoma planum (Lesson, 1827)

Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1837)

Family Pterotracheidae

Pterotrachea coronata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836

Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbauer, 1855

Firaloida desmarestia Ledueur, 1817

The following species of Atlantidae are each represented by a few empty shells or shell fragments in the Australian Museum dry shell collection. The localities represent medium and deep water dredge samples, in most cases well outside the known living depth range of the animals.

Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817 Cronulla, beach washup; dredged 16 miles east of Wollongong, 183 m

Atlanta inclinata J.E. Gray, 1850 Dredged 22 miles east of Narrabeen, 146 m; 35 miles east of Sydney, 1463 m

Atlanta brunnea J.E. Gray, 1850 Dredged 22 miles east of Narrabeen, 146 m; 35 miles east of Sydney, 1463 m

Atlanta inflata Souleyet, 1852, Off Port Kembla, NSW, 115-137 m; 35 miles east of Sydney, 1463 m

Atlanta turriculata d'Orbigny, 1836 Off Port Kembla, NSW, 115-137 m; Cape Three points, NSW in 75-91 m

Atlanta rosea J.E. Gray, 1850, Off Port Kembla, NSW, 115-137 m; Cape Three points, NSW in 75-91 m

Atlanta keraudreni (Lesueur, 1817), 9 lots. Eg Dredged 22 miles east of Narrabeen, 146 m