Amauropsis powelli
Appearance
Amauropsis powelli | |
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Shell of Amauropsis powelli (specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Amauropsis |
Species: | A. powelli
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Binomial name | |
Amauropsis powelli Dell, 1990
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Amauropsis powelli is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Amauropsis powelliDell, 1990. 9 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
[edit]- 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.
- ^ Pastorino, G. (2005). "Recent Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Patagonian coast". The Veliger. 47 (4): 252.