Naticarius hebraeus

Naticarius hebraeus
	Live individual in situ
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. hebraeus
Binomial name
	Naticarius hebraeus; Martyn, 1784
Synonyms
	Cochlis fanel Röding, 1798; Nacca maxima Risso, 1826; Natica adspersa Menke, 1830; Natica fanel (Röding, 1798); Natica hebraea (Martyn, 1786); Natica hebraea var. rarimaculata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883; Natica maculata von Salis, 1793; Natica maculata Deshayes, 1838; Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991 (misidentification); Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798); Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 (original combination); Nerita maculata Salis Marschlins, 1793;

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

Five views of a shell of Naticarius hebraeus

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720569 on 2015-02-02

WoRMS info
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40

Media related to Naticarius hebraeus at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.