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
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

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 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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