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Kerguelenatica delicatula

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Species of sea snail

Kerguelenatica delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Kerguelenatica
Species: K. delicatula
Binomial name
Kerguelenatica delicatula
(E. A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Amauropsis (Kerguelenatica) grisea (Martens, 1878)
  • Falsilunatia delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902)
  • Kerguelenatica bioperculata Dell, 1990
  • Natica delicatula E. A. Smith, 1902 (original combination)
  • Natica grisea Martens, 1878 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica grisea Requien, 1848; Kerguelenatica bioperculata is a replacement name)

Kerguelenatica delicatula is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 45 m. Maximum recorded depth is 548 m.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714015 on 2019-03-05
  2. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Kerguelenatica delicatula
Kerguelenatica bioperculata


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