Eunaticina papilla

Eunaticina papilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Eunaticina
Species:	E. papilla
Binomial name
Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms [1]
Albula tranquebaricaRöding, 1798 Natica cancellataSwainson, W.A., 1840 Natica costulataQuoy & Gaimard, 1833 Natica papillaGmelin, 1791 Natica tranquebaricaRöding, P.F., 1798 Naticaria cancellataSwainson, 1840 (Objective synonym) Nerita papillaGmelin, 1791 (basionym) Pervisinum dingeldiiIredale, 1931 Propesinum flindersiCotton & Godfrey, 1931 Sigaretus acuminatusA. Adams & Reeve, 1850 † Sigaretus cinctusHutton, 1885 Sigaretus coarctatusReeve, 1864 Sigaretus lamarckianusRécluz, 1843 Sigaretus linneanusRécluz, 1843 Sigaretus nitidusReeve, 1864 Sigaretus oblongusReeve, 1864 Sigaretus papilla(Gmelin, 1791) Sigaretus tumescensReeve, 1864 Sinum papilla(Gmelin, 1791) Sinum papilla var. madoerensisvan Regteren Altena, 1941 Sinum tener (Smith, 1894)

Eunaticina papilla , the papilla 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 an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia.

References

1. Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790) . WoRMS (2009). Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564878 on 26 August 2011 .

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111–265. page(s): 206