Amauropsis anderssoni

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Amauropsis anderssoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species:
A. anderssoni
Binomial name
Amauropsis anderssoni
(Strebel, 1906)

Amauropsis anderssoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 22.7 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 15 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 567 m. [2]

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References

  1. Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906) . WoRMS (2009). Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197029 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 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.