Antarctospira badenpowelli explained

Antarctospira badenpowelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Beauchene Island, Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean; in the McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica

References

• Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 224, figs 393, 410

External links

• Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Gastropods.com: Leucosyrinx badenpowelli

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881040 on 2018-11-14