Natica multipunctata

Natica multipunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species: N. multipunctata
Binomial name
Natica multipunctata
Blainville, 1825
Synonyms
  • Natica fanel Récluz, 1844 (invalid: junior secondary homonym f Natica fanel (Röding, 1798))
  • Natica fanel rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942
  • Natica variolaria Récluz, 1844

Natica multipunctata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Cape Verdes and Angola.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597047 on 2015-02-02


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