Tanea zelandica | |
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A shell of Tanea zelandica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Tanea |
Species: | T. zelandica |
Binomial name | |
Tanea zelandica | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Tanea zelandica, common name the necklace shell or the New Zealand moon snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the Family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 33 mm
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This marine species is found along New Zealand.
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