Antarctospira badenpowelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Antarctospira badenpowelli | |
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| Shell of Antarctospira badenpowelli (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Antarctospira |
| Species: | A. badenpowelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucosyrinx badenpowelli Dell, 1990 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off the Beauchene Island, Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean; in the McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881040 on 2018-11-14
- Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 224, figs 393, 410
External links
edit- Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Leucosyrinx badenpowelli