Tectonatica violacea

Tectonatica violacea
Scientific classification
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]

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. 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 .

• Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates.
• Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1–59, pls 1-8.
• Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27–120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
• Cernohorsky, W. O. (1971). "The Family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 8: 169–208. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906168. Wikidata   Q58676897.
• Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
• Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35

External links

• Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380