Natica simplex

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

Natica simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Natica
Species:
N. simplex
Binomial name
Natica simplex
Synonyms[2]
  • Natica decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904
  • Natica kowiensis Turton, 1932
  • Natica saldontiana Bartsch, 1915
  • Natica simplex f. saldontiana Bartsch, 1915
  • Natica whitechurchi Turton, 1932

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Sowerby, G. B. (1897). Appendix to Marine Shells of South Africa. London: Sowerby. p. 12. ; [ Pl. 6], Fig. 18
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). "Natica simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

Further reading
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 50
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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