Tectonatica violacea

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Tectonatica violacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Tectonatica
Species:
T. violacea
Binomial name
Tectonatica violacea
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms [1]
  • Natica rhodostomaPhilippi, 1842
  • Natica violaceaG.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (basionym)
  • Nerita glabraWood, 1828

Tectonatica violacea, is a common name the violet 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

The size of this snail’s shell varies between 12-25 millimeters.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin which is part of the coasts of Philippines and Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825) . WoRMS (2009). Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570024 on 26 August 2011 .