Falsilunatia patagonica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Falsilunatia |
| Species: | F. patagonica
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| Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan, Chile and South Georgia .
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 30 mm.[2]
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1886 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b 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 .
- ^ 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.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
External links
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- "Falsilunatia patagonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.