Natica fulminea

Natica fulminea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. fulminea
Binomial name
*Natica fulminea* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms^[1]
Cochlis ziczac Röding, P.F., 1798 Nacca fulminea (Gmelin, 1791) Nacca fulminea f. cruentata (Gmelin, 1791) Natica bourguignati Récluz, 1852 Natica cruentata (Gmelin, 1791) Natica fulminea cruentata (Gmelin, 1791) Natica senegalensis Récluz, 1850 Nerita cruentata Gmelin, 1791 Nerita fulminea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 35 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, the Western Sahara and Angola.

1 2 Natica fulminea . WoRMS (2009). Natica fulminea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225279 on 17 June 2010.

Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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