Amauropsis islandica
| Amauropsis islandica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Subfamily: | Ampullospirinae |
| Genus: | Amauropsis |
| Species: | A. islandica |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amauropsis islandicus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Amauropsis islandica, common name the Iceland moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 240 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791). Gofas, S. (2009). Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140521 on 17 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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