Amauropsis sphaeroides

Amauropsis sphaeroides
Shell of Amauropsis sphaeroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
Natica sphaeroidesJeffreys, 1877 (original combination)

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs south of Greenland.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3185 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4166 m. ^[2]

References

1. Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877) . 10 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
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.

• Sysoev, A.V. (2014). "Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. GastropodaInvertebrate Zoology". Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 134–155.

External links

• Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). "New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 319. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). "Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification" (PDF). Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.