Antarctospira falklandica | |
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Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Antarctospira |
Species: | A. falklandica
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Binomial name | |
Antarctospira falklandica (Powell, 1951)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination) |
Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell is a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The length of the shell attains 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches 5.8 mm. [2]
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This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.
Antarctospira falklandica | |
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Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Antarctospira |
Species: | A. falklandica
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Binomial name | |
Antarctospira falklandica (Powell, 1951)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination) |
Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell is a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The length of the shell attains 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches 5.8 mm. [2]
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adding to it. (November 2018) |
This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.