Natica maculosa

Natica maculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species: N. maculosa
Binomial name
Natica maculosa
Lamarck, 1822

Natica maculosa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  1. Natica maculosa Lamarck, 1822. WoRMS (2009). Natica maculosa Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208001 on 17 June 2010.


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