''Antarctospira'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881039 on 2018-11-13]
Species
Species within the genus ''Antarctospira'' include:
* ''
Antarctospira angusteplicata''
(Strebel, 1905)
* ''
Antarctospira badenpowelli''
(Dell, 1990)
* ''
Antarctospira falklandica''
(Powell, 1951)
* ''
Antarctospira mawsoni
''Antarctospira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Powell, 1958)
* ''
Antarctospira principalis''
(Thiele, 1912)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Antarctospira paragenota''
(Powell, 1951): synonym of ''
Antarctospira angusteplicata''
(Strebel, 1905)
References
External links
Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
Gastropod genera
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