Antarctospira angusteplicata

Antarctospira angusteplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Antarctospira angusteplicata
Shell of Antarctospira angusteplicata (Specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. angusteplicata
Binomial name
Antarctospira angusteplicata
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antarctospira paragenota (Powell, 1951)
  • Bela angusteplicata Strebel, 1905 (original combination)
  • Leucosyrinx angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905)
  • Leucosyrinx paragenota Powell, 1951

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and the Strait Of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Antarctospira angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329624 on 2020-03-28
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