Biology:Antarctospira badenpowelli

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Antarctospira badenpowelli
Antarctospira badenpowelli 001.jpg
Shell of Antarctospira badenpowelli (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. badenpowelli
Binomial name
Antarctospira badenpowelli
(Dell, 1990)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx badenpowelli Dell, 1990

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Beauchene Island, Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean; in the McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881040 on 2018-11-14
  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 224, figs 393, 410

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q61698485 entry