Natica vitellus

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Natica vitellus
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Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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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 .


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