''Falsilunatia'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily Globisininae of the
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Naticidae
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, which are known as moon snails or moon shells.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Falsilunatia'' include:
* ''
Falsilunatia ambigua''
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* ''
Falsilunatia amphiala''
(R. B. Watson, 1881)
* ''
Falsilunatia benthicola''
(Dell, 1990)
* ''
Falsilunatia carcellesi''
(Dell, 1990)
* ''
Falsilunatia eltanini''
Dell, 1990
* ''
Falsilunatia falklandica''
(Preston, 1913)
* ''
Falsilunatia fartilis''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Falsilunatia joubini
''Falsilunatia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Globisininae of the family (biology), family Naticidae, which are known as moon snails or moon shells.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fa ...
''
(Lamy, 1911)
* ''
Falsilunatia nigromaculata''
(Lamy, 1911)
* ''
Falsilunatia notorcadensis''
Dell, 1990
* ''
Falsilunatia patagonica
''Falsilunatia patagonica'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan ...
''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''
Falsilunatia pisum''
( Hedley, 1916)
* ''
Falsilunatia pseudopsila''
Barnard, 1963
* ''
Falsilunatia scotiana''
(Dell, 1990)
* ''
Falsilunatia xantha''
(Watson, 1881)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Falsilunatia delicatula''
Dell
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, 1990: synonym of ''
Kerguelenatica delicatula
''Kerguelenatica delicatula'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902). Accessed through: World Reg ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1902)
* ''Falsilunatia powelli''
Dell
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, 1956: synonym of ''
Falsilunatia ambigua''
(Suter, 1913)
* ''Falsilunatia soluta''
(Gould, 1848): synonym of ''Falsilunatia patagonica''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''Falsilunatia subperforata''
Dell, 1956: synonym of ''
Amauropsis subperforata''
(Dell, 1956)
References
*
Powell A. W. B. (1979), ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
* Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) ''Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae''. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
External links
Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10
Naticidae
Gastropod genera
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