Falsimohnia fulvicans
Falsimohnia fulvicans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Falsimohnia fulvicans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Falsimohnia |
| Species: | F. fulvicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Falsimohnia fulvicans (Strebel, 1908) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 8.2 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern Argentina and South Georgia
References
- Bouchet, P. (2013). Falsimohnia fulvicans (Strebel, 1908). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736319 on 2017-03-12
- Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Kantor Yu.I. & Harasewych M.G. (2013) Antarctica, where turrids and whelks converge: A revision of Falsimohnia Powell, 1951 (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea) and a description of a new genus. The Nautilus 127(2): 43-56
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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