Asterophila perknasteri

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Asterophila perknasteri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Asterophila
Species:
A. perknasteri
Binomial name
Asterophila perknasteri
Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994

Asterolamia perknasteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of three known species within the genus Asterophila ; the other congeneric species are Asterophila japonica and Asterophila rathbunasteri . [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Distribution

This marine species is mainly distributed near the Antarctic Circle and can be found within the Scotia Sea.

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References

  1. Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994. Warén A. & Lewis L.M. (1994) Two new species of eulimid gastropods endoparasitic in asteroids. The Veliger 37(4):325-335. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197052 on 2013-02-11.
  2. Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
  3. Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE), available online at "Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE)". Archived from the original on January 18, 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  4. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/