Falsilunatia patagonica

Falsilunatia patagonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Globisininae
Genus:	Falsilunatia
Species:	F. patagonica
Binomial name
	Falsilunatia patagonica; (Philippi, 1845)
Synonyms
	Falsilunatia soluta (Gould, 1848); Natica patagonica Philippi, 1845 (basionym); Natica recognita Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889;

Falsilunatia patagonica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan, Chile and South Georgia .

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 30 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1886 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845). WoRMS (2009). Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584317 on 17 June 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls

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