Astyris rosacea, common name the rosy northern dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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| Astyris rosacea shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Astyris |
| Species: | A. rosacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1840)
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| Synonyms.[1] | |
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to New Jersey, in European waters and in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska.
References edit
- ^ a b Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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