Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Naticoidea > Family Naticidae > Subfamily Polinicinae > Genus Amauropsis

Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amauropsis*	Mörch, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nerita islandica*	Gmelin, 1791	basionym
*Natica helicoides*	Johnston, 1835	synonym
*Natica purpurea*	Dall, 1871	synonym
*Nerita islandica*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: højspiret boresnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: IJslandse tepelhoren sources: Soortenlijst Nederland - Marien

English: Iceland moonsnail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: natice d'Islande

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140521