Astyris

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Astyris
Shell of Astyris crumena (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Astyris
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Columbella rosacea
(Gould, 1840)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Amycla (Astyris) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Astyris (Fluella) Dall, 1924· accepted, alternate representation
  • Columbella (Astyris) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Astyris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

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