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Antarctospira principalis

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Antarctospira principalis
Original image of a shell of Antarctospira principalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. principalis
Binomial name
Antarctospira principalis
(Thiele, 1912)
Synonyms[1]

Typhlomangelia principalis Thiele, 1912 (original combination)

Antarctospira principalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira principalis (Thiele, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881041 on 2018-11-14
  • Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183–286
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1960). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 5: 117–193. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906097. Wikidata Q58676773.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
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