Amauropsis notoleptos
Appearance
Amauropsis notoleptos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Amauropsis |
Species: | †A. notoleptos
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Binomial name | |
†Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004
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Amauropsis notoleptos is an extinct species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this species have been found in Paleocene strata on Seymour Island off Antarctica.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004. 9 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Stilwell, J.D., Zinsmeister, W.J., & Oleinik, A.E. (2004). "Early Paleocene mollusks of Antarctica: systematics, paleoecology and paleobiogeographic significance". Bulletins of American Paleontology: 34.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Beu, A.G. (2009). "Before the ice: biogeography of Antarctic Paleogene molluscan faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 284: 209.