Antarctospira falklandica

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Antarctospira falklandica
Antarctospira falklandica 001.jpg
Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. falklandica
Binomial name
Antarctospira falklandica
(Powell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination)

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

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.

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