Antarctospira

Antarctospira
Shell of Antarctospira angusteplicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016
Type species
Leucosyrinx badenpowelli
Dell, 1990

Antarctospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Taxonomy

The antarctic-subantarctic genus Antarctospira shares the axial sculpture pattern as well as the shape and position of the anal sinus with Leucosyrinx. Notably, four out of the five species attributed to Antarctospira were initially classified as Leucosyrinx

The examination of the radula revealed that Antarctospira possesses a radula with hypodermic marginal teeth thus suggesting its placement within the family Borsoniidae Bellardi, 1875. Furthermore, all species of Antarctospira have a much shorter and broader siphonal canal, which is barely separable from high and broad aperture. Its paucispiral protoconch is larger, attaining 2.5 mm in diameter (versus 1 mm in Leucosyrinx).

Species

Species within the genus Antarctospira include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Antarctospira Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881039 on 2018-11-13
  2. ↑ Kantor, Y. I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 999: 7. Retrieved 7 July 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.