Astyris lunata

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Astyris lunata
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Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Astyris
Species:
A. lunata
Binomial name
Astyris lunata
(Say, 1826)
Synonyms [1]
  • Antimitrella lunata(Say, 1826)
  • Astyris zonalisGould, 1848
  • Buccinum pusillumPfeiffer, 1840
  • Buccinum wheatleyiKay, 1843
  • Buccinum zonaleGould, 1848
  • Columbella dissimilisStimpson, 1851
  • Columbella duclosianad'Orbigny, 1845
  • Columbella gouldianaStimpson, 1851
  • Columbella pusillaG. B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Mitrella dissimilis(Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mitrella lunata(Say, 1826)
  • Nassa lunataSay, 1826 (original combination)

Astyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine; also offFrench Guiana

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References

  1. 1 2 Astyris lunata (Say, 1826) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.