Amauropsis


Amauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus Amauropsis include:Amauropsis anderssoni Amauropsis apora Amauropsis aureolutea Amauropsis bransfieldensis Amauropsis brassiculina Amauropsis georgiana Amauropsis islandica
;Species brought into synonymy:
  • Amauropsis arenacea : synonym of † Omphaloptycha arenacea
  • Amauropsis calypso : synonym of † Oonia calypso Amauropsis cornea : synonym of Amauropsis islandica Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880: synonym of Problitora globula Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Problitora moerchi : synonym of Alexania moerchi Amauropsis perscalpta : synonym of Natica perscalpta E. von Martens, 1878Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871: synonym of Amauropsis islandica Amauropsis subperforata : synonym of Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956Amauropsis xantha : synonym of Falsilunatia xantha
  • Amauropsis zelandica Bloklander, 1949: synonym of † Phasianema zelandicum
;Uncertain species:
  • ''Amauropsis godfroyi''

Additional sources and external links

  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A.. "Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae". Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P.. "Mollusca". in: Costello, M.J. et al., European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
  • Mørch O. A.. . [in] Rink, Grønland geographisk og statistik beskrivet. Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein: 75–100