- Neverita didyma
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Neverita didyma Neverita didyma, view from above Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Naticoidea Family: Naticidae Genus: Neverita Species: N. didyma Binomial name Neverita didyma
(Röding, 1798)Synonyms[1] - Albula didyma Röding, 1798
- Natica ampla Iwakawa, 1900
- Natica chemnitzii Récluz in Chenu, 1843 (doubtful synonym)
- Natica didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Natica glaucina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
- Natica lamarckiana Reeve, L.A., 1855
- Natica petiveriana Récluz, C. in Chenu, J.C., 1843
- Natica problematica Reeve, L.A., 1855
- Natica robusta Dunker, R.W., 1860
- Neverita bicolor Philippi, 1849
- Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Polinices ephebus Hedley, 1915
- Polinices papyracea Busch, von dem in Philippi, R.A., 1845
- Polinices (Glossaulax) aulacoglossa Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1908, "1909"
- Polinices (Glossaulax) ephebus Hedley, C., 1915
50 second video of snails (most likely Neverita didyma and Cerithium muscarum) feeding on the sea floor in the Sea of Cortez, Puerto Peñasco, MexicoNeverita didyma, common name : the Bladder 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 20 mm and 90 mm. Like all naticids, this species is a carnivore and a predator.
Distribution
This marine species is found in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa.
References
- ^ a b Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2009). Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) 5. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568320 on 14 April 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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