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Natica arachnoidea

Summary

Natica arachnoidea, common name : the spider moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Natica arachnoidea
Several views of a shell of Natica arachnoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species:
N. arachnoidea
Binomial name
Natica arachnoidea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica crassa Schepman, 1909 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica crassa Nyst, 1845; Uber schepmani is a replacement name)
  • Natica raynaudiana Récluz, 1844
  • Natica raynoldiana Récluz, 1844
  • Nerita arachnoidea Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Uber schepmani Iredale, 1927

Description edit

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; the Andamans; in the Western Pacific Ocean and Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207996 on 15 April 2011 .
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natica arachnoidea.
  • "Natica arachnoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  • Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380