Tanea areolata | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 18 mm.
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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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