Lunate Dove Shell in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2021). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved.
Lunate Dove Shell in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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| Astyris lunata | |
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| Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Astyris |
| Species: | A. lunata
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| Binomial name | |
| Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Astyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine; also offFrench Guiana
References
[edit]- ^ a b Astyris lunata (Say, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- 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
[edit]- 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
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