Kerguelenatica delicatula

Kerguelenatica delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Kerguelenatica
Species:	K. delicatula
Binomial name
Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms
Amauropsis (Kerguelenatica) grisea(Martens, 1878) Falsilunatia delicatula(E. A. Smith, 1902) Kerguelenatica bioperculataDell, 1990 Natica delicatulaE. A. Smith, 1902 (original combination) Natica griseaMartens, 1878 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica griseaRequien, 1848; Kerguelenatica bioperculata is a replacement name)

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 45 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 548 m. ^[2]

References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714015 on 2019-03-05
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

• mith E.A. (1902). VII. Mollusca. Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross": 201-213, pls 24-25