WoRMS taxon details
Amauropsis Mörch, 1857
AphiaID: 138236
AphiaID: 138236
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Polinicinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Polinicinae Gray, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Choristes Carpenter, 1872 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] taxonomy source: Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906) Species Amauropsis apora (Watson, 1881) Species Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908) Species Amauropsis bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916) Species Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897) Species Amauropsis georgiana (Strebel, 1908) Species Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Amauropsis powelli Dell, 1990 Species Amauropsis prasina (Watson, 1881) Species Amauropsis rossiana E. A. Smith, 1907 Species Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877) Species Amauropsis subpallescens (Strebel, 1908) Species Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956) Species Amauropsis godfroyi (Lamy, 1910) (species inquirenda) Species Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880 accepted as Problitora globula (Angas, 1880) Species Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Problitora moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Species Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871 accepted as Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Amauropsis xantha (Watson, 1881) accepted as Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138236 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Amauropsis Mörch, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138236 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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