Falsilunatia Explained

Falsilunatia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Globisininae of the family Naticidae, which are known as moon snails or moon shells.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Falsilunatia include:

• Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter)
• Falsilunatia amphiala (R. B. Watson, 1881)
• Falsilunatia benthicola (Dell, 1990)
• Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990)
• Falsilunatia eltanini Dell, 1990
• Falsilunatia falklandica (Preston, 1913)
• Falsilunatia fartilis (Watson, 1881)
• Falsilunatia joubini (Lamy, 1911)
• Falsilunatia nigromaculata (Lamy, 1911)
• Falsilunatia notorcadensis Dell, 1990
• Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
• Falsilunatia pisum (Hedley, 1916)
• Falsilunatia pseudopsila Barnard, 1963
• Falsilunatia scotiana (Dell, 1990)
• Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Falsilunatia delicatula Dell, 1990: synonym of Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902)
• Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956: synonym of Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter, 1913)
• Falsilunatia soluta (Gould, 1848): synonym of Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
• Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956: synonym of Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956)

References

• Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

External links

• Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Falsilunatia Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196964 on 2020-11-20