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Species of gastropod
Astyris lunata
Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Astyris
Species:
A. lunata
Binomial name
Astyris lunata
Synonyms
[1]
Antimitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
Astyris zonalis Gould, 1848
Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840
Buccinum wheatleyi Kay, 1843
Buccinum zonale Gould, 1848
Columbella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851
Columbella duclosiana d'Orbigny, 1845
Columbella gouldiana Stimpson, 1851
Columbella pusilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
Mitrella dissimilis (Stimpson, 1851)
Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
Nassa lunata Say, 1826 (original combination)
Astyris lunata is a
species of
sea snail , a marine
gastropod
mollusc in the
family
Columbellidae , the dove snails.
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Description
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(April 2010 )
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Canada:
Nova Scotia ,
New Brunswick ; USA:
Maine ; also off
French Guiana
References
Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4–21
External links
Orbigny A. d'. (1841–1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1–264 [pp. 1–240, pls 1–10?, 1841; 241–264, 1842 ; Vol. 2: 1–380 [pp. 1–112, pls 10–21?, 1842; 113–128, 1844; 129–224, pls 22–25?, 1847; 225–380, pls 26–28]
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261–324