Natica fulminea

Natica fulminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. fulminea
Binomial name
	Natica fulminea; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	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.

References

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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