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Amauropsis
Sign in to saveAmauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyNaticidae
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- 198
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- 16
- Family
- Naticidae
- Collections
- LACM, UWBM, SDNHM, MHN-UABCS, SIO, SDSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Antarctica
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Amauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Amauropsis include: Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906) Amauropsis apora (R. B. Watson, 1881) Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908) Amauropsis bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916) Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897) Amauropsis georgiana (Strebel, 1908) Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) † Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004 Amauropsis powelli Dell, 1990 Amauropsis prasina (Watson, 1881) Amauropsis rossiana Smith, 1907 Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877) Amauropsis subpallescens (Strebel, 1908) Species brought into synonymy: † Amauropsis arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) : synonym of † Omphaloptycha arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) (superseded combination) † Amauropsis calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850): synonym of † Oonia calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) (superseded combination) Amauropsis cornea (Möller, 1842): synonym of Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym) Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880: synonym of Problitora globula (Angas, 1880) Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Problitora moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Amauropsis perscalpta (E. von Martens, 1878): synonym of Natica perscalpta E. von Martens, 1878 Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871: synonym of Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956): synonym of Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956 Amauropsis xantha (Watson, 1881): synonym of Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881) † Amauropsis zelandica Bloklander, 1949: synonym of † Phasianema zelandicum (Bloklander, 1949) (superseded combination) Uncertain species: Amauropsis godfroyi (Lamy, 1910) (taxon inquirendum)
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