Antarctoneptunea aurora
| Antarctoneptunea aurora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Antarctoneptunea |
| Species: | A. aurora |
| Binomial name | |
| Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Antarctoneptunea aurora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2][3]
Description
Antarctoneptunea aurora is a small to medium sized buccinid whelk species.[1][2][4]
Distribution
Antarctoneptunea aurora occurs in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, particularly from the Ross Sea.[2][4] Specimens have been collected from depths between 188 and 603 metres.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Dell R.K., Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea, The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27.
- 1 2 3 Dell, Richard K. (1972). "A new genus of Antarctic buccinid gastropod". Records of the Dominion Museum. 8: 115–119.
- ↑ Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- 1 2 Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018.
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