Antarctoneptunea aurora

Antarctoneptunea aurora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Antarctoneptunea
Species: A. aurora
Binomial name
Antarctoneptunea aurora
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Troschelia? Smith, 1907
  • Fusitriton aurora Hedley, 1916
  • Fusitriton antarcticus Powell, A.W.B., 1958

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

  1. 1 2 3 Dell R.K., Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea, The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27.
  2. 1 2 3 Dell, Richard K. (1972). "A new genus of Antarctic buccinid gastropod". Records of the Dominion Museum. 8: 115–119.
  3. ↑ Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 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.
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