Astyris rosacea

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Astyris rosacea
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Astyris rosacea shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Astyris
Species:
A. rosacea
Binomial name
Astyris rosacea
(Gould, 1840)
Synonyms. [1]
  • Buccinum rosaceumGould, 1840 (original combination)
  • Columbella rosacea(Gould, 1840)
  • Mangelia holbölliiMöller, 1842
  • Mangelia hollboelliMøller, 1842
  • Mitrella rosacea(Gould, 1840)

Astyris rosacea, common name the rosy northern dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to New Jersey, in European waters and in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska.

References

  1. 1 2 Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1840) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.


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