Natica simplex

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Natica simplex
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species:
N. simplex
Binomial name
Natica simplex
Synonyms [2]
  • Natica decipiensE. A. Smith, 1904
  • Natica kowiensisTurton, 1932
  • Natica saldontianaBartsch, 1915
  • Natica simplex f. saldontianaBartsch, 1915
  • Natica whitechurchiTurton, 1932

Natica simplex is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [2]

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Description

Distribution

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References

  1. Sowerby, G. B. (1897). Appendix to Marine Shells of South Africa. London: Sowerby. p. 12. ; [ Pl. 6], Fig. 18
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). "Natica simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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