Falsilunatia patagonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Falsilunatia |
Species: | F. patagonica
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Binomial name | |
Falsilunatia patagonica (Philippi, 1845)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Falsilunatia patagonica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
This marine species occurs off the Falklands, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan, Chile and South Georgia .
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 30 mm.[2]
Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1886 m.[2]