Astyris profundi

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Astyris profundi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Astyris
Species:
A. profundi
Binomial name
Astyris profundi
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
  • Columbella profundi Dall, 1889 (basionym)

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

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Description

Shell is relatively smooth, with most of the sculpture limited to spiral threads around the base, and around the siphonal canal: shell color is clear, somewhat translucent. Size: up to 8 mm.

Distribution

This deepwater species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde and along North Carolina, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, occurring at depths between 200 and 500 meters

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References

  1. 1 2 Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 November 2010.

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