Naticarius onca

Naticarius onca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species: N. onca
Binomial name
Naticarius onca
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Cochlis onca Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Cochlis pavimentum Röding, 1798
  • Natica cailliaudii Récluz, 1850
  • Natica chinensis Lamarck, 1816
  • Natica litterata Link, 1807
  • Natica onca (Röding, 1798)
  • Nerita candida W. Wood, 1825

Naticarius onca is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] [2]

Distribution

The species is known to occur in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania [2]

References

  1. Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570008 on 17 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Huelsken, T., Wägele, H., Peters, B., Mather, A., Hollmann, M. (2011) Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3), 141-151. PDF


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