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Amauropsis notoleptos

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Amauropsis notoleptos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Amauropsis
Species:
A. notoleptos
Binomial name
Amauropsis notoleptos
Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004

Amauropsis notoleptos is an extinct species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this species have been found in Paleocene strata on Seymour Island off Antarctica.

References

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  • Stilwell, J.D., Zinsmeister, W.J., & Oleinik, A.E. (2004). "Early Paleocene mollusks of Antarctica: systematics, paleoecology and paleobiogeographic significance". Bulletins of American Paleontology: 34.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Beu, A.G. (2009). "Before the ice: biogeography of Antarctic Paleogene molluscan faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 284: 209.