Antarctospira falklandica

Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Antarctospira falklandica
Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. falklandica
Binomial name
Antarctospira falklandica
(Powell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean

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