Natica vitellus

Natica vitellus
Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. vitellus
Binomial name
Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Natica ponsonbyiMelvill, 1899 Natica rufa(Born, 1778) Nerita leucozoniasGmelin, 1791 Nerita rufaBorn, 1778 Nerita vitellusLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

1. Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Gofas, S. (2009). Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571880 on 26 November 2012 .

• Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.