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Naticarius

Naticarius is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

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Naticarius
A live individual of Naticarius orientalis in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Naticarius
Duméril, 1805
Type species
Nerita canrena Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms1
  • Natica (Naticarius) Duméril, 1805
  • Naticus Montfort, 1810
  • Quantonatica Iredale, 1936
Fossil Naticarius millepunctatus, Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus. source ↗

Naticarius is a genus (or subgenus) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.12

The species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Natica, subgenus Naticarius. This classification is still used by a number of leading malacologists.

The operculum in this genus is calcareous.2

Species

Species within the genus Naticarius include:

  • Naticarius alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
  • Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Naticarius colliei (Récluz, 1844)
  • Naticarius concinnus (Dunker, 1860)
  • Naticarius donghaiensis (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 2003)
  • Naticarius excellens Azuma, 1961
  • Naticarius hainanensis (X. Liu, 1977)
  • Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
  • Naticarius insecta (Jousseaume, 1874)
  • Naticarius lineozona (Jousseaume, 1874)
  • Naticarius manceli (Jousseaume, 1874)
  • Naticarius melanoperculatus (X. Liu, 1977)
  • Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)
  • Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Naticarius philippinensis (R. B. Watson, 1881)
  • Naticarius pumilus (Kubo, 1997)
  • Naticarius scopaespira (X. Liu, 1977)
  • Naticarius sertatus (Menke, 1843)
  • Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Naticarius zonalis (Récluz, 1850)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991: synonym of Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
  • Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798): synonym of Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
  • Naticarius lavendula (Woolacott, 1956): synonym of Natica buriasiensis (Récluz, 1844)
  • Naticarius lineatus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Tanea lineata (Röding, 1798)
  • Naticarius marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Naticarius oteroi Fernandes & Rolán, 1990: synonym of Natica oteroi (Fernandes & Rolán, 1991)
  • Naticarius punctatus (Karsten, 1789): synonym of Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Naticarius subcostatus (Tenison Woods, 1878): synonym of Notocochlis subcostata (Tenison Woods, 1878)
  • Naticarius vittatus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica vittata (Gmelin, 1791)
References

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Naticarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415681 on 2011-04-17
  2. Huelsken, T., Wägele, H., Peters, B., Mather, A., Hollmann, M. (2011) Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3), 141-151. PDF
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls