Natica collaria
Natica collaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Natica |
Species: | N. collaria |
Binomial name | |
Natica collaria (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Natica collaria, common name the collared moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 32 mm.
Distribution
This snail occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal, Mauritiana, Gabon and Angola.
References
- ↑ Natica collaria (Lamarck, 1822). WoRMS (2009). Natica collaria (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224835 on 17 June 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
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