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Naticarius stercusmuscarum

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Species of gastropod

Naticarius stercusmuscarum
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil shell of Naticarius stercusmuscarum from Pleistocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species: N. stercusmuscarum
Binomial name
Naticarius stercusmuscarum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Natica millepunctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Natica stercusmuscarum Gmelin, 1791
  • Nerita stercusmuscarum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

Naticarius stercusmuscarum, the Fly-specked Moon Snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

Drawing of Natica stercusmuscarum

Shells of Naticarius stercusmuscarum can reach a size of 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in). The shell surface is yellow or color cream with dense, small, red-brown dots. The mantle and the foot of this mollusk are brownish dotted with bright spots. It has a well-developed foot with the two cephalic visible appendages.

Distribution and habitat

This quite common species can be found in the Mediterranean sea and in North Western Africa. It lives mostly on sandy and muddy seabeds but it can also be found on rocky bottoms.

Fossils of this species can be found in sediment of Italy and Greece from Pleistocene to recent.

References

  1. WoRMS
  2. ^ "Naticarius stercusmuscarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ Aiamitalia
  4. Evi Vardala-Theodorou & Artemis Nicolaidou On the Recent and fossil malacofauna of “Vouliagmeni Lake”, Perachora (Korinthiakos Gulf, Greece)
  • 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
  • Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40

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Taxon identifiers
Natica stercusmuscarum

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