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Falsilunatia
Sign in to saveFalsilunatia 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.
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It sits within the topics Gastropod genera and Naticidae.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyNaticidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 58
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Naticidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, MNHN, TMAG
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Antarctica, Argentina, Secteur Iles Crozet, Australia
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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)
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