Antarctospira falklandica

Antarctospira falklandica
Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Antarctospira
Species:	A. falklandica
Binomial name
Antarctospira falklandica (Powell, 1951)
Synonyms [1]
Leucosyrinx falklandicaPowell, 1951 (original combination)

Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. ^[1]

Description

The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell has a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The average length of the shell is 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches up to 5.8 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.
2. Powell, A. W. B. (25 March 1951). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda". Discovery Reports. 26. Cambridge at the University Press (published 1954): 169–170. ISSN   0070-6698. LCCN   30033895. OCLC   1259956 . Retrieved 28 July 2023– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

• Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206