Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Amauropsis xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881)

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RAS name details

Amauropsis xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881)

AphiaID

197038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197038)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Falsilunatia xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amauropsis Mörch, 1857

Original name

Natica xantha R. B. Watson, 1881

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part VII. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 15: 245-274., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38644516
page(s): 262 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amauropsis xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197038 on 2026-09-10

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Amauropsis xantha (R. B. Watson, 1881). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197038 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-03 15:46:48Z

created

db_admin

2011-10-24 14:39:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-05-17 19:58:59Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Watson, R.B. (1881). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part VII. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 15: 245-274., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38644516
page(s): 262 [details]

basis of record Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]