Antarctoneptunea aurora explained

Antarctoneptunea aurora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Austrosiphonidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Antarctoneptunea aurora is a small to medium-sized buccinid whelk species.^[3]

Distribution

Antarctoneptunea aurora occurs in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, particularly from the Ross Sea.^[3] Specimens have been collected from depths between 188 and 603 metres.

External links

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Antarctoneptunea aurora (Hedley, 1916) (Species)

Notes and References

1. Kantor, Yuri I.. Fedosov, Alexander E.. Kosyan, Alisa R.. Puillandre, Nicolas. Sorokin, Pavel A.. Kano, Yasunori. Clark, Roger. Bouchet, Philippe. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2022. 194. 3. 789–857. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
2. A new genus of Antarctic buccinid gastropod . Records of the Dominion Museum. 8 . 115–119 . 1972 . Dell . Richard K. . Richard Dell .
3. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018 . A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 . 2017 . 367–381 . 2017 . Vaux . Felix . Hills . Simon F.K. . Marshall . Bruce A. . Trewick . Steven A. . Morgan-Richards . Mary . 28669812.