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Amauropsis sphaeroides

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Species of gastropod

Amauropsis sphaeroides
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

Amauropsis sphaeroides is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3185 m. Maximum recorded depth is 4166 m.

References

  1. Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877). Gofas, S. (2009). Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140522 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Amauropsis sphaeroides

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