Amauropsis islandica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Naticoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Naticoidea

Familia: Naticidae
Subfamilia: Polinicinae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species: Amauropsis islandica

Name

Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms

• Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871
• Choristes elegans Carpenter, 1872
• Natica canaliculata Gould, 1840
• Natica cornea Møller, 1842
• Natica exulans Gould, 1841
• Natica gouldii C. B. Adams, 1847
• Natica helicoides G. Johnston, 1835
• Natica purpurea Dall, 1871
• Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791

Distribution

Arctic Ocean and Northern Atlantic Ocean

• Greenland
• North America
  • Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), United States (Maine, Massachusetts)
    

Baltic Sea, North Sea

References

• Gmelin, J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars VI. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 3021–3910. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Amauropsis islandica – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Vernacular names

français: Natice d'Islande