Amauropsis sphaeroides
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amauropsis sphaeroides is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
| Amauropsis sphaeroides | |
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| Shell of Amauropsis sphaeroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Amauropsis |
| Species: | A. sphaeroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Natica sphaeroides Jeffreys, 1877 (original combination) | |
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs south of Greenland.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 3185 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4166 m.[2]
References
External links
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