Neverita josephinia

Neverita josephinia
A shell of N. josephinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Neverita
Species:	N. josephinia
Binomial name
Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826
Synonyms
Neverita olla (Serres, M. de, 1829) Neverita philippiana (Récluz, C., 1855)

Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon shells.

This is the type species of the genus Neverita.

Distribution

This is a Mediterranean species.

Umbilical view of a shell of N. josephinia showing the umbilical callus

The sand collar of N. josephinia from the Ebro River Delta in Catalonia, Spain

Description

This snail has a corneous operculum.

References

External links

• Images of shells of Neverita josephinia