Atys pacei

Atys pacei
preserved specimen of Atys pacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Haminoeoidea
Family:	Haminoeidae
Genus:	Atys (gastropod)
Species:	A. pacei
Binomial name
Atys pacei H.B. Preston, 1908

Atys pacei 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]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

Description[]

The length of the shell of this species attains 11 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The straight shell is cylindrical. It is semi-transparent white. The shell is sculptured throughout with fine spiral striae, becoming more numerous and closely set towards the base. The apex is very narrowly perforate. The aperture is narrow above but dilated below. The columella is obliquely arched. The peristome is simple and rises above the vertex.^[1]

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