Naticarius canrena

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Naticarius canrena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species:
N. canrena
Binomial name
Naticarius canrena
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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N. canrena sand collar.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m. [2]
A living adult specimen was trapped off West coast BARBADOS at around 400 ft. depth.

Shell
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Naticarius canrena (colorful Atlantic moon snail) 2 (24965730641).jpg

References

  1. ↑ Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758) . WoRMS (2010). Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419760 on 17 June 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 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 .
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