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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