Atys caribaeus
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| Atys caribaeus | |
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| Shell of Atys caribaeus (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Atys |
| Species: | A. caribaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Atys caribaeus (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) | |
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Atys caribaeus, common names the Caribbean glassy-bubble, Sharp's paper-bubble, is a species of small tropical sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails.[1]
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
(Original description in French) The shell is oval, oblong, and thin, with a fragile and smooth texture that tapers at both ends. It is adorned with a few transverse striae. The spire is totally involute, marked by a slight umbilical depression that is not perforated. The aperture is narrow and barely arched, widening slightly toward the front; the columella is somewhat separated by an umbilical depression.
Its color is a uniform white.[2]
