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Amauropsis powelli

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Amauropsis powelli
Shell of Amauropsis powelli (specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species:
A. powelli
Binomial name
Amauropsis powelli
Dell, 1990

Amauropsis powelli is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Amauropsis powelliDell, 1990. 9 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
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  • Torigoe K. & Inaba (2011). "Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7.
  • Dell, R.K. (1990). "Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea". Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 27: 144.



  1. ^ Pastorino, G. (2005). "Recent Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Patagonian coast". The Veliger. 47 (4): 252.