| Amauropsis prasina | |
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| Shell of Amauropsis prasina (specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Amauropsis |
| Species: | A. prasina |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauropsis prasina (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Natica prasina R. B. Watson, 1881 superseded combination | |
Amauropsis prasina is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Kerguelen and the Crozet Islands in the sub-Antarctic.
References
- Amauropsis prasina (R. B. Watson, 1881). 7 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
- Watson, R.B. (1881). "Mollusca of the Challenger Expedition". The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 15 (81–88): 263–264. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). "Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 1–133.
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). "SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution". Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207–213.
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