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Eunaticina papilla

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Species of gastropod

Eunaticina papilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Eunaticina
Species: E. papilla
Binomial name
Eunaticina papilla
(Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms
  • Albula tranquebarica Röding, 1798
  • Natica cancellata Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Natica costulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Natica papilla Gmelin, 1791
  • Natica tranquebarica Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Naticaria cancellata Swainson, 1840 (Objective synonym)
  • Nerita papilla Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Pervisinum dingeldii Iredale, 1931
  • Propesinum flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Sigaretus acuminatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • † Sigaretus cinctus Hutton, 1885
  • Sigaretus coarctatus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus lamarckianus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus linneanus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus nitidus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus oblongus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sigaretus tumescens Reeve, 1864
  • Sinum papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sinum papilla var. madoerensis van Regteren Altena, 1941
  • Sinum tener (Smith, 1894)

Eunaticina papilla , the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2011)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia.

References

  1. ^ Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). WoRMS (2009). Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564878 on 26 August 2011 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111–265. page(s): 206
Taxon identifiers
Eunaticina papilla


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