Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Naticoidea
Familia: Naticidae
Subfamilia: Naticinae
Genus: Natica
Species:N. acinonyx – N. adansoni – N. albospira – N. anosyensis – N. arachnoidea – N. bibalteata – N. bouvieri – N. broderipiana – N. brunneolinea – N. buriasiensis – N. cabrerai – N. canariensis – N. candidula – N. caneloensis – †N. canrena – †N. plicatella – N. vitellus
Name
Natica Scopoli, 1777
Species names in synonymy
Natica canaliculata Gould, 1840 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica cornea Møller, 1842 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica exulans Gould, 1841 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica gouldii C. B. Adams, 1847 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica helicoides G. Johnston, 1835 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica purpurea Dall, 1871 = Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.[1]
The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: 37.2 to 0.012 million years ago).[2][3]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) includes the following species with accepted names in the genus Natica [4]
Natica acinonyx Marche Marchad, 1957
Natica adansoni Blainville, 1825
Natica agulhasensis Thiele, 1925
Natica albospira E. A. Smith, 1895
Natica anosyensis Bozzetti, 2010
Natica apertissima E. A. Smith, 1906
Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica bibalteata G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
Natica bouvieri Jousseaume, 1883
Natica broderipiana Récluz, 1844
Natica brunneolinea McLean, 1970
Natica buriasiensis Récluz, 1844
Natica cabrerai Kase & Shigeta, 2000
Natica canariensis Odhner, 1932
Natica candidula E. A. Smith, 1895
Natica caneloensis Hertlein & Strong, 1955
Natica castrensis (Dall, 1889)
Natica colima Strong & Hertlein, 1937
Natica collaria (Lamarck, 1822)
Natica concavoperculata Liu, 1977
Natica couteaudi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Natica crassoperculata X. Liu, 1977
Natica crispata Thiele, 1925
† Natica deshayesiana Nyst, 1845
Natica dimidiata E. A. Smith, 1906
Natica dixoni Fernandes & Rolán, 1992
† Natica elegans J. Sowerby, 1836
† Natica euthele Tournouër, 1874
Natica fabella Jousseaume, 1884
Natica fasciata (Röding, 1798)
Natica forata Reeve, 1855
Natica forskalii G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
Natica fulgurans Récluz, 1844
Natica fulminea Gmelin, 1791
Natica furva Watson, 1897
Natica grayi Philippi, 1852
Natica gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910
Natica idiopoma Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Natica inexpectans Olsson, 1971
Natica juani Costa & Pastorino, 2012
Natica jukyriuva Simone, 2014
Natica kawamurai Sakurai, 1983
Natica koperbergae van der Bijl & Moolenbeek, 2009
Natica lacteobasis Kuroda, 1961
Natica larvaroni P. Bernard, 1983
Natica limbata d'Orbigny, 1837
Natica linguifera Thiele, 1925
Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840
Natica luculenta Iredale, 1929
Natica lunaris (Berry, 1964)
Natica marchadi Pin, 1992
Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
† Natica matheroni Deshayes, 1864
Natica maxiutongi S.-P. Zhang, 2009
Natica menkeana Philippi, 1851
Natica michaelis Fischer-Piette, 1942
Natica monodi Marche-Marchad, 1957
Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825
Natica nipponensis Kuroda, 1961
Natica oteroi (Fernandes & Rolán, 1991)
Natica othello Dall, 1908
Natica pavimentum Récluz, 1844
Natica perlineata Dall, 1889
Natica pipoca Simone, 2014
Natica pluvialis (Kurono, 1999)
Natica pseustes Watson, 1881
Natica pulicaris Philippi, 1851
† Natica pumila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846
Natica pygmaea Philippi, 1842
Natica queketti G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
Natica rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942
Natica rouxi Nicklès, 1952
Natica royi Pin, 1992
Natica rubromaculata E. A. Smith, 1872
Natica ryalli Fernandes & Rolán, 1992
Natica saitoi Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Natica sanctaehelenae E. A. Smith, 1890
Natica sandwichensis (Dall, 1895)
Natica sansibarica Thiele, 1925
Natica scethra Dall, 1908
Natica schepmani Thiele, 1925
Natica scopaespira Liu, 1977
Natica seychellium Watson R.B., 1886
Natica siberutensis Thiele, 1925
Natica sigillata McLean, 1970
Natica simplex G.B. Sowerby III, 1897
Natica sinensis Ma & Zhang, 1993
Natica spadicea (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica spadiceoides Liu, 1977
Natica stellata Hedley, 1913
Natica stenopa Woodring, 1957
† Natica subsolida d'Orbigny, 1847
† Natica suppleta Finlay, 1927
Natica tedbayeri Rehder, 1986
† Natica tremarici Tate, 1900
Natica turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890
Natica unibalteata Liu, 1977
Natica unifasciata Lamarck, 1822
Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxon inquirendum
Natica gracilis Récluz, 1850
Natica moquiniana Récluz, 1853
Natica perscalpta Martens, 1878
Natica swainsoni Philippi, 1851
Synonyms
List of synonyms of the genus Natica
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50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium stercusmuscaram) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
References
Gofas, S. (2011). Natica Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138240 on 14 April 2011
(in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3
Fossilworks
WoRMS: Natica
Cenozoic Ampullinidae and Naticidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Patagonia, Argentina; Miguel Griffin & Guido Pastorino: Cenozoic Ampullinidae and Naticidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Patagonia, Argentina; 2013 Journal of Paleontology 87(3):502-525
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
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