Antarctoneptunea aurora

Antarctoneptunea aurora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2][3]

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

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. Dell R.K., Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea, The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27.
  2. 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. 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. PMID 28669812.


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