Atlanta peronii

Taxon-Order: 

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Distribution: 
Cosmopolitan between 40°N and 25°S.
Habitat: 
Epipelagic.
Size: 
Up to 11 mm.
Diet: 
Shelled pteropods, gastropod veliger larvae.
Predators: 
Fish.
Useful Facts or Characters: 

The shells are small, compressed and spirally coiled, glass like, very fragile and keeled.  They have large eyes and a single swimming fin.

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