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Antarctospira falklandica
Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Antarctospira
Species:	A. falklandica
Binomial name
Antarctospira falklandica (Powell, 1951)
Synonyms
Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination)

Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell is a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The length of the shell attains 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches 5.8 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. ^ Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
2. Powell, A. W. B. (25 March 1951). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda". Discovery Reports. 26. Cambridge at the University Press (published 1954): 169–170. ISSN 0070-6698. LCCN 30033895. OCLC 1259956. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

• Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206

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