Eunaticina papilla

Eunaticina papilla, common name the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Eunaticina papilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Eunaticina
Species:
E. papilla
Binomial name
Eunaticina papilla
(Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms[1]
  • Albula tranquebarica Röding, 1798
  • Natica cancellata Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Natica costulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Natica papilla Gmelin
  • Natica tranquebarica Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Naticaria cancellata Swainson, 1840 (Objective synonym)
  • Nerita papilla Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Pervisinum dingeldii Iredale, 1931
  • Propesinum flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Sigaretus acuminatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Sigaretus cinctus Hutton, 1885 †
  • Sigaretus coarctatus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus lamarckianus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus linneanus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus nitidus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus oblongus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sigaretus tumescens Reeve, 1864
  • Sinum papilla
  • Sinum papilla var. madoerensis van Regteren Altena, 1941

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia.

References
  1. Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). WoRMS (2009). Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564878 on 26 August 2011 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. page(s): 206
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