Amauropsis brassiculina

Amauropsis brassiculina is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Amauropsis brassiculina
Shell of Amauropsis brassiculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species:
A. brassiculina
Binomial name
Amauropsis brassiculina
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Natica brachya Locard, 1897 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
  • Natica brassiculina Locard, 1897 (original combination)
  • Natica bullula Locard, 1897
  • Natica olivella Locard, 1897
  • Natica olivella var. major Locard, 1897

References
  1. Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897). Gofas, S. (2009). Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140520 on 16 June 2010 .
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840


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