The following scheme outlines the classification of the Carinarioidea or Heteropoda.
Representatives of all three families occur in the South Atlantic Ocean, including 14-16
species of Atlantidae, 4 Carinariidae and 5 Pterotracheidae. Species denoted with an
asterisk (*) are not recorded in the South Atlantic and not treated in this volume.
Outline classification
Superfamily Carinarioidea (= Heteropoda)
Family Atlantidae
Oxygyrus keraudreni species group
Genus Protatlanta
Protatlanta souleyeti
Genus Oxygyrus
Oxygyrus keraudreni
Atlanta fusca species group
Atlanta fusca
* Atlanta turriculata
Atlanta inflata species group
Atlanta inflata
Atlanta helicinoides
* Atlanta californiensis
Atlanta lesueuri species group
Atlanta lesueuri
Atlanta oligogyra
Atlanta peroni species group
Atlanta peroni
Atlanta fragilis
Atlanta rosea
* Atlanta frontieri
Atlanta gaudichaudi species group
Atlanta gaudichaudi
* Atlanta plana
* Atlanta echinogyra
Atlanta inclinata species group
Atlanta inclinata
* Atlanta tokiokai
Atlanta gibbosa species group
Atlanta gibbosa
* Atlanta meteori
Unassigned species
Atlanta peresi
Family Carinariidae
Genus Carinaria
Carinaria lamarcki
Carinaria challengeri
* Carinaria cithara
* Carinaria cristata
* Carinaria japonica
Genus Cardiapoda
Cardiapoda placenta
Cardiapoda richardi
Genus Pterosoma
* Pterosoma planum
Family Pterotracheidae
Genus Firoloida
Firoloida desmaresti
Genus Pterotrachea
Pterotrachea coronata
Pterotrachea scutata
Pterotrachea hippocampus