Tanea zelandica
Tanea zelandica | |
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A shell of Tanea zelandica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Tanea |
Species: | T. zelandica |
Binomial name | |
Tanea zelandica (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832) | |
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]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 33 mm
Distribution
This marine species is found along New Zealand.
External links
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571602 on 2011-05-08
- Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens. Apex 12(1): 15-26.
- Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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