Natica multipunctata

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

Natica multipunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Natica
Species:
N. multipunctata
Binomial name
Natica multipunctata
Blainville, 1825
Synonyms
  • Natica fanel Récluz, 1844 (invalid: junior secondary homonym f Natica fanel (Röding, 1798))
  • Natica fanel rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942
  • Natica variolaria Récluz, 1844

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Cape Verdes and Angola.

References
  1. Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
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