Natica fulminea
Natica fulminea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Natica |
Species: | N. fulminea |
Binomial name | |
Natica fulminea (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Natica fulminea, common name the lightning 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 the shell varies between 18 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, the Western Sahara and Angola.
References
- 1 2 Natica fulminea . WoRMS (2009). Natica fulminea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225279 on 17 June 2010.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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