Falsilunatia patagonica
| Falsilunatia patagonica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Subfamily: | Globisininae |
| Genus: | Falsilunatia |
| Species: | F. patagonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Falsilunatia patagonica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan;, Chile and South Georgia .
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 30 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1886 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845) . WoRMS (2009). Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584317 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.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
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