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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Euspira falklandica (Preston, 1913)


Range: 51.8°S to 52.7°S; 70°W to 58°W
Depth: 50 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 36  mm

Synonymy

Natica falklandica Preston, 1913
Falsilunatia falklandica (Preston, 1913) 

Details


Natica falklandica Preston, 1913, p. 218-219, pl. 4, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Range: 51.8°S to 52.7°S; 70°W to 58°W
Depth: 50 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 36 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Preston (1913) NE; Castellanos & Landoni (1990) M; Numanami (1996); Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) DdSW; Pastorino (2005b) c
Comments: Numanami's record from Breid Bay, Antarctica is probably Falsilunatia notorcadensis according to Pastorino (2005b).
Combining Genera:  Falsilunatia


Partial List of References

Preston, H. B. 1913. Descriptions of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11 218-223, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Feb 1913; true date: pre 24 Feb.]

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