Antarctospira falklandica
Species of gastropod
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Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Antarctospira falklandica | |
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| Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Antarctospira |
| Species: | A. falklandica |
| Binomial name | |
| Antarctospira falklandica (Powell, 1951) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination) | |
Description
The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell has a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The average length of the shell is 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches up to 5.8 mm.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, and east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.