Astyris profundi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Astyris |
| Species: | A. profundi
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| Binomial name | |
| Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889)
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Description
editShell is relatively smooth, with most of the sculpture limited to spiral threads around the base, and around the siphonal canal: shell color is clear, somewhat translucent. Size: up to 8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis deepwater species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde and along North Carolina, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, occurring at depths between 200 and 500 meters
References
edit- ^ a b Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
Literature
edit- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
edit- "Astyris profundi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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