Naticarius stercusmuscarum

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Naticarius stercusmuscarum
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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Fossil shell of Naticarius stercusmuscarum from Pleistocene of Italy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species:
N. stercusmuscarum
Binomial name
Naticarius stercusmuscarum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Natica millepunctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Natica stercusmuscarum Gmelin, 1791
  • Nerita stercusmuscarum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

Naticarius stercusmuscarum, the Fly-specked Moon Snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Description

Drawing of Natica stercusmuscarum Natica stercusmuscarum.jpg
Drawing of Natica stercusmuscarum

Shells of Naticarius stercusmuscarum can reach a size of 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in). [2] The shell surface is yellow or color cream with dense, small, red-brown dots. The mantle and the foot of this mollusk are brownish dotted with bright spots. It has a well-developed foot with the two cephalic visible appendages. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This quite common species can be found in the Mediterranean sea and in North Western Africa. [2] It lives mostly on sandy and muddy seabeds but it can also be found on rocky bottoms. [3]

Fossils of this species can be found in sediment of Italy and Greece from Pleistocene to recent. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ WoRMS
  2. 1 2 "Naticarius stercusmuscarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 Aiamitalia
  4. ↑ Evi Vardala-Theodorou & Artemis Nicolaidou On the Recent and fossil malacofauna of “Vouliagmeni Lake”, Perachora (Korinthiakos Gulf, Greece)
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