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Natica multipunctata

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Natica multipunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica
Species:
N. multipunctata
Binomial name
Natica multipunctata
Blainville, 1825
Synonyms
  • Natica fanel Récluz, 1844 (invalid: junior secondary homonym f Natica fanel (Röding, 1798))
  • Natica fanel rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942
  • Natica variolaria Récluz, 1844

Natica multipunctata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Cape Verdes and Angola.

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