Species
Species within the genus Atys include:
- Atys alayoi Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcès & Ortea, 2004
- Atys angustatus
- Atys beberkiriana
- Atys bicolor Bozzetti, 2009
- Atys blainvilliana (nomen dubium - probably a synonym of Atys jeffreysi)
- Distribution : Mediterranean, Turkey
- Atys brocchii
- Distribution : Mediterranean, Turkey
- Atys caribaeus Also known as Caribbean glassy-bubble, Sharp’s paper-bubble
- Distribution : Florida, Caribbean, Brazil, Western Atlantic Ocean.
- Length : 11 mm
- Description : found at depths up to 183 m; small ovate white shell, narrowing toward the apex; sunken spire; body whorl has spiral grooves at the edges; narrow aperture
- Atys castus Clean glassy-bubble
- Distribution : Baja California, Mexico
- Length : 10 mm
- Atys chelidon
- Atys cheverti
- Atys chimera
- Distribution : Baja California, Mexico
- Length : 7 mm
- Atys constrictus
- Atys convexa
- Atys costulosa
- Atys curta Striate bubble
- Atys cylindraeus (Helbling, 1779)
- Atys cylindrica
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Length : 30 mm
- Description : Thin, fragile, subcylindrical shell with sunken apex. Color is white or very light brown. it may have a few brown axial lines.
- Atys dactylus
- Atys darnleyensis
- Atys debilis
- Distribution : Hawaii
- Length : 10 mm
- Description : on sandy bottoms where they burrow through the sand with their flattened headshield for food like small crustaceans.
- Atys dubiosa
- Atys ehrenbergi (possibly = Atys naucum)
- Distribution : Red Sea
- Length : 11 mm
- Atys flavovirens
- Atys fukuokaensis
- Distribution: Japan
- Atys guildingi Guildin’s atys
- Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil
- Length : 12 mm
- Description : found at depths up to 25 m
- Atys hyalinus
- Atys jeffreysi
- Distribution : Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Mediterranean
- Atys kekele
- Atys kuhnsi
- Atys liriope
- Distribution : California, Mexico
- Length : 10 mm
- Atys lithiensis
- Atys macandrawii
- Distribution : Caribbean, Brazil, Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Canaries, Cape Verde Islands
- Length : 7.3 mm
- Description : found at depths of up to 75 m
- Atys mirandae
- Atys multistriata
- Distribution : Micronesia, Philippines
- Length : 12 mm
- Description : short headshield, broadened anteriorly, with internal black eyes. Short posterior lobes. Triangulate parapodia cover the anterior of the shell; short, rounded tail; The translucent Hancock’s organs appear as a thin low profile ridge. Translucent white animal with brown spots and clusters of opaque white dots; thin, elongate, ovoid shell; inner margin of the outer lip extends above the apex; slightly curved columella; deep umbilicus behind the fold
- Atys muscaria
- Atys naucum White nut sheath bubble, Pacific nut sheath bubble
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific (excluding the Red Sea), Australia
- Length : 22-50 mm
- Description : common species; light brown inflated bubble shell;: the brown color comes from the periostracum, covering the shell; this flakes off when the snail dies; juveniles have lengthwise brown wavy lines on the shell.
- Atys neglectus Preston, 1908 *
- Atys nonscriptus Clean-slate glassy-bubble
- Atys obscuratus Obscure glassy-bubble
- Distribution : North Carolina
- Length : 4 mm
- Atys okamotoi
- Atys pacei
- Atys palmarum
- Atys porcellana
- Atys pransa
- Atys pulchra
- Atys reliquua
- Atys riiseanus
- Distribution : Florida, Caribbean, Brazil
- Length : 13 mm
- Description : found at depths up to 90 m
- Atys sandersoni
- Distribution : North Carolina, Cuba, Pnama, Brazil
- Length : 8 mm
- Atys scrobiculata
- Atys semistriata Pease, 1860 Variably banded atys, variable banded bubble
- Distribution : West Pacific
- Length : 6 mm
- Atys submalleata
- Atys supracancellata : synonym of Sabatia supracancellata (Schepman, 1913)
- Atys vixumbilicata
- Atys xarifae
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