Naticarius

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Naticoidea Scientific name Naticarius Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Family Naticidae Higher classification Naticidae

Lower classifications Naticarius hebraeus, Naticarius orientalis

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

Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 Colorful Moonsnail In Situ

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.

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The operculum in this genus is calcareous.

Species

Species within the genus Naticarius include:

Naticarius alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)

Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naticarius colliei (Récluz, 1844)

Naticarius concinnus (Dunker, 1860)

Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)

Naticarius lineozonus (Jousseaume, 1874)

Naticarius manceli (Jousseaume, 1874)

Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)

Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)

Naticarius pumilus Kubo, 1997

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 vittatus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica vittata (Gmelin, 1791)

References

Naticarius Wikipedia

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