Amauropsis

Amauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Amauropsis
Shell of Amauropsis anderssoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Amauropsis Mörch, 1857
Type species
Nerita islandica Gmelin, 1791
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Acrybia (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 Amauropsis (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 Bulbus (Amauropsis) Morch, 1857 superseded combination Choristes Carpenter 1872 Mamma (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 (original rank) Natica (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 Polynices (Amauropsis) Mörch, 1857 alternative representation

Species

Species within the genus Amauropsis include:

• Amauropsis anderssoni (Strebel, 1906)^[2]
• Amauropsis apora (R. B. Watson, 1881)
• Amauropsis aureolutea (Strebel, 1908)^[3]
• Amauropsis bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916)^[4]
• Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897)^[5]
• Amauropsis georgiana (Strebel, 1908)^[6]
• Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) ^[7]
• † Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004
• Amauropsis powelli Dell, 1990^[8]
• Amauropsis prasina (Watson, 1881)^[9]
• Amauropsis rossiana Smith, 1907^[10]
• Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877)^[11]
• Amauropsis subpallescens (Strebel, 1908)^[12]

Species brought into synonymy

• † Amauropsis arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) : synonym of † Omphaloptycha arenacea (O. Fraas, 1861) (superseded combination)
• † Amauropsis calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850): synonym of † Oonia calypso (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) (superseded combination)
• Amauropsis cornea (Möller, 1842): synonym of Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880: synonym of Problitora globula (Angas, 1880)
• Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864: synonym of Problitora moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Amauropsis perscalpta (E. von Martens, 1878): synonym of Natica perscalpta E. von Martens, 1878
• Amauropsis purpurea Dall, 1871: synonym of Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
• Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956): synonym of Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956
• Amauropsis xantha (Watson, 1881):^[13] synonym of Falsilunatia xantha (Watson, 1881)
• † Amauropsis zelandica Bloklander, 1949: synonym of † Phasianema zelandicum (Bloklander, 1949) (superseded combination)

Uncertain species

• Amauropsis godfroyi (Lamy, 1910)^[14] (taxon inquirendum)