Tanea areolata

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Tanea areolata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Tanea
Species:
T. areolata
Binomial name
Tanea areolata
(Recluz, 1844)
Synonyms

Natica areolata Récluz, 1844 (basionym)

Tanea areolata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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