Astyris lunata

Astyris lunata
Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

Distribution

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

References

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

• Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
• Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4–21

External links

• Orbigny A. d'. (1841–1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1–264 [pp. 1–240, pls 1–10?, 1841; 241–264, 1842; Vol. 2: 1–380 [pp. 1–112, pls 10–21?, 1842; 113–128, 1844; 129–224, pls 22–25?, 1847; 225–380, pls 26–28]
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261–324