Astyris lunata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Astyris lunata (MNHN-IM-2012-43269).jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Astyris lunata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| genus = Astyris

| species = lunata

| authority = (Say, 1826)

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| synonyms =

  • Antimitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
  • Astyris zonalis Gould, 1848
  • Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Buccinum wheatleyi Kay, 1843
  • Buccinum zonale Gould, 1848
  • Columbella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851
  • Columbella duclosiana d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Columbella gouldiana Stimpson, 1851
  • Columbella pusilla G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Mitrella dissimilis (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
  • Nassa lunata Say, 1826 (original combination)

}}

Astyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|160102|Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)||17 April 2010}}

Description

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine; also offFrench Guiana

References

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  • Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
  • Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4–21