Naticidae

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Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)

Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)

Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)

Polinices lacteus is a moon snail species found in the Atlantic, ranging from 0 to 120 m depth, with a maximum shell length of 40 mm.

Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Polinices mammilla is a marine species with distinct shells found across parts of the Indo-Pacific.

Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Neverita didyma is a marine moon snail used in Korean cooking, found across the Indo-West Pacific region.

Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826

Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826

Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826

Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 is a Mediterranean snail with a corneous operculum, like other species in its genus.

Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822)

Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822)

Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822)

Neverita duplicata is a common western Atlantic moon snail with a distinctively shaped, often eye-resembling shell.

Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843)

Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843)

Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843)

Neverita delessertiana is a marine snail species found in the Gulf Coast of the United States, recorded only at 0 m depth.

Neverita lewisii (A.Gould, 1847)

Neverita lewisii (A.Gould, 1847)

Neverita lewisii (A.Gould, 1847)

Neverita lewisii is the largest moon snail, found in the Eastern Pacific from British Columbia to northern Baja California.

Euspira heros (Say, 1822)

Euspira heros (Say, 1822)

Euspira heros (Say, 1822)

Euspira heros is a western Atlantic moon snail species found from Canada down to North Carolina.

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)

Euspira catena, the large necklace shell, is a marine gastropod found from the Mediterranean to the Skagerrak in the Northeast Atlantic.

Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)

Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)

Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)

Euspira nitida, the common necklace shell, is a small North East Atlantic and Mediterranean sea snail with characteristic shell features.

Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)

Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)

Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)

Glossaulax reclusiana is a marine gastropod with a distinct colored shell found along California and Mexican coasts.

Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)

Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)

Mammilla simiae (Deshayes, 1838)

Mammilla simiae is a predatory moon snail found in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, Aldabra, and the Mascarene Basin.

Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)

Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)

Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)

Mammilla melanostoma is a predatory moon snail species ranging between South Africa and Japan.

Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)

Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)

Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)

Conuber conicum is a carnivorous Australian endemic marine snail that lives on intertidal sand flats and feeds on small bivalves.

Conuber incei (R.A.Philippi, 1853)

Conuber incei (R.A.Philippi, 1853)

Conuber incei (R.A.Philippi, 1853)

Conuber incei, Ince's Moon Snail, is a predatory Australian sea snail in the moon snail family Naticidae.

Conuber sordidum (Swainson, 1821)

Conuber sordidum (Swainson, 1821)

Conuber sordidum (Swainson, 1821)

Conuber sordidum is a predatory moon snail found around Australia and New Zealand on intertidal muddy sand flats.

Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758) is a species with known maximum shell size and depth range.

Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

Naticarius stercusmuscarum is a common moon snail found in the Mediterranean and off northwestern Africa, with distinctively dotted shells and soft tissue.

Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)

Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)

Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)

Naticarius hebraeus is a predatory moon snail species found in European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.

Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Tanea zelandica is a marine New Zealand species with adult shells 15 to 33 mm in size.

Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)

Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)

Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)

Notocochlis gualteriana, the comma necklace shell, is a predatory moon snail found across multiple global marine regions.

Notocochlis dillwynii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Notocochlis dillwynii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Notocochlis dillwynii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Notocochlis dillwynii is a predatory moon snail found across parts of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Notocochlis chemnitzii (L.Pfeiffer, 1840)

Notocochlis chemnitzii (L.Pfeiffer, 1840)

Notocochlis chemnitzii (L.Pfeiffer, 1840)

Notocochlis chemnitzii is a marine snail with a distinct smooth shell, found along the eastern Pacific from Baja California to the Galapagos.

Paratectonatica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Paratectonatica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Paratectonatica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Paratectonatica tigrina is a species of sea snail found across the Indo-Pacific, collected for food and shell trade in Indonesia and Japan.

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