Amauropsis sphaeroides
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| Amauropsis sphaeroides | |
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| Shell of Amauropsis sphaeroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Amauropsis |
| Species: | A. sphaeroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877)
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| Synonyms | |
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Natica sphaeroides Jeffreys, 1877 (original combination) | |
Amauropsis sphaeroides is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs south of Greenland.
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 3185 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4166 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877). 10 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b c 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.
- Sysoev, A.V. (2014). "Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. GastropodaInvertebrate Zoology". Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 134–155.
External links
[edit]- Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). "New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 319. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). "Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification" (PDF). Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
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