Biology:Natica simplex

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Natica simplex
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species:
N. simplex
Binomial name
Natica simplex
G. B. Sowerby III, 1897[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Natica simplex f. saldontiana Natica decipiens
  • E. A. Smith, 1904 Turton, 1932
  • Bartsch, 1915 Natica whitechurchi
  • Natica saldontiana Turton, 1932
  • Natica kowiensis Bartsch, 1915

Natica simplex is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]

Description

Distribution

References

Further reading

  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 50
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

Wikidata ☰ Q6781591 entry