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Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape. Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea.
Shell of marine snail Lunella torquata with the calcareous operculum in place Gastropod shell of the freshwater snail Viviparus contectus with corneous operculum in place. An operculum (Latin for 'cover, covering'; pl. opercula or operculums) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also ...
Paratectonatica tigrina, common name tiger moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [ 1 ] Description
Euspira heros, the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae. [3] This large snail is rather uncommon intertidally, but is much more common subtidally . This species, like all moon snails, feeds voraciously on clams and other snails.
Amauropsis bransfieldensis is a species of predatory sea snail, ... commonly known as moon snails. [1] ... The operculum is concave, ...
Neverita lewisii (previously known as Polinices lewisii, Lunatia lewisii, Euspira lewisii), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail. It is a predatory marine gastropod in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] Traditionally, this species was assigned to either the genus Lunatia, the genus Polinices or the ...
The Naticinae are a subfamily of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] The Naticinae are characterized by their calcareous operculum and by the presence of a distinct funicle within the umbilicus, which is observable in most species. It is mainly a tropical group ...
Amauropsis aureolutea is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] ... though the operculum remains ...