Species Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Natica xantha Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part 7. Families Pyramidellidae, Naticidae, Cassidae, Tritonidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 217-274 [262].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.2.9.1362 13.7 x 11.9 mm (H.M.S. Challenger Exp. 1873-1876), Stn 50, between Kerguelen and Heard Islands, 274 m, Feb 2 1874 [52°04'S, 71°22'E].

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [111, pl. 35 fig. 3].

Generic Combinations

• Amauropsis xantha (Watson, 1881). —
  Powell, A.W.B. 1958. Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 Reports B 6: 165-215 [189]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Not recorded from Australia, but is found 100km to the west of Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 549 m

General References

Bouchet, P. 2011. Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=584324 (date accessed 27/7/2012)

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [152, figs 232, 272]

Powell, A.W.B. 1958. Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 Reports B 6: 165-215 [189]

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