Amauropsis aureolutea

Amauropsis aureolutea is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1] The maximum recorded shell length is 32 mm. The minimum recorded depth is 6 m, while the maximum recorded depth is 662 m.[2]

Amauropsis aureolutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species:
A. aureolutea
Binomial name
Amauropsis aureolutea
(Strebel, 1908)

References

  1. Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908). WoRMS (2009). Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197030 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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