Amauropsis brassiculina

Amauropsis brassiculina is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Amauropsis brassiculina
Shell of Amauropsis brassiculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Amauropsis
Species:	A. brassiculina
Binomial name
Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
Natica brachya Locard, 1897 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid) Natica brassiculina Locard, 1897 (original combination) Natica bullula Locard, 1897 Natica olivella Locard, 1897 Natica olivella var. major Locard, 1897

References

1. Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897). Gofas, S. (2009). Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140520 on 16 June 2010 .

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
• Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840

External links

• Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897, p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18]