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Astyris lunata (Say, 1826) 
AphiaID: 160102

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Columbellidae (Family) > Astyris (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Astyris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised
taxa
  Antimitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
Astyris zonalis Gould, 1848 (synonym)
Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840
Buccinum wheatleyi Kay, 1843
Buccinum zonale Gould, 1848
Columbella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851
Columbella duclosiana d'Orbigny, 1845
Columbella gouldiana Stimpson, 1851
Columbella pusilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
Fusus trumbulli Gould, 1848
Fusus trumbulli Linsley, 1845
Mitrella dissimilis (Stimpson, 1851)
Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
Nassa lunata Say, 1826 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

basis of record: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. com. [details]

from synonym: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English lunar dovesnail (from synonym)  [details]
French mitrelle lunée  [details]
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Belize [details]
Canada [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Jamaica [details]
Joes Point (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Lesser Antilles [details]
L'Etang (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Lime Kiln Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Panama [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
USA [details]
Venezuela [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Range: 48°N to 28°S; 97.6°W to 34.9°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine (Cobscook Bay), Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Bermuda; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Surinam, Brazil; Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Image 
Astyris lunata
Astyris lunata
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160102
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 17:18:14Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
2010-09-01 19:50:42Z  changed  Monsecour, Kevin
  
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  Citation: Monsecour, K.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Astyris lunata (Say, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160102 on 2013-05-19
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