- Natica arachnoidea
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Natica arachnoidea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Naticoidea 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
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]
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.
Distribution
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
- ^ 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
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