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Falsilunatia
Falsilunatia patagonica
Scientific classification
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.

Species

Species within the genus Falsilunatia include:

• Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter)
• 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)

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

1. 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
2. "Falsilunatia ambigua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
3. "Falsilunatia xantha". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.

• 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

• Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10

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