Biology:Falsilunatia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Falsilunatia | |
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| Falsilunatia patagonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Falsilunatia Powell, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Natica soluta Gould, 1848 | |
Falsilunatia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Globisininae of the family Naticidae, which are known as moon snails or moon shells.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Falsilunatia include:
- Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter) [2]
- Falsilunatia amphiala (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Falsilunatia benthicola (Dell, 1990)
- Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990)
- Falsilunatia eltanini Dell, 1990
- Falsilunatia falklandica (Preston, 1913)
- Falsilunatia fartilis (Watson, 1881)
- Falsilunatia joubini (Lamy, 1911)
- Falsilunatia nigromaculata (Lamy, 1911)
- Falsilunatia notorcadensis Dell, 1990
- Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
- Falsilunatia pisum (Hedley, 1916)
- Falsilunatia pseudopsila Barnard, 1963
- Falsilunatia scotiana (Dell, 1990)
- Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881) [3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Falsilunatia delicatula Dell, 1990: synonym of Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902)
- Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956: synonym of Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter, 1913)
- Falsilunatia soluta (Gould, 1848): synonym of Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
- Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956: synonym of Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956)
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Falsilunatia Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196964 on 2020-11-20
- ↑ "Falsilunatia ambigua" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_30901.shtml.
- ↑ "Falsilunatia xantha" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_17650.shtml.
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN:0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3141757 entry
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