Astyris lunata

Astyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Astyris lunata
Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Astyris
Species:
A. lunata
Binomial name
Astyris lunata
(Say, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antimitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
  • Astyris zonalis Gould, 1848
  • Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Buccinum wheatleyi Kay, 1843
  • Buccinum zonale Gould, 1848
  • Columbella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851
  • Columbella duclosiana d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Columbella gouldiana Stimpson, 1851
  • Columbella pusilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Mitrella dissimilis (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
  • Nassa lunata Say, 1826 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine; also offFrench Guiana

References
  1. Astyris lunata (Say, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
  • Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4–21


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