Antarctoneptunea aurora
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Antarctoneptunea aurora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2][3]
Description[]
Antarctoneptunea aurora is a small to medium-sized buccinid whelk species.[1][2][4]
Distribution[]
Antarctoneptunea aurora occurs in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, particularly from the Ross Sea.[2][4] Specimens have been collected from depths between 188 and 603 metres.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Dell R.K., Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea, The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27.
- ^ a b c Dell, Richard K. (1972). "A new genus of Antarctic buccinid gastropod". Records of the Dominion Museum. 8: 115–119.
- ^ Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
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