Pseudopolinices nanus

Pseudopolinices nanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Polinicinae
Genus:	Pseudopolinices
Species:	P. nanus
Binomial name
	Pseudopolinices nanus; (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms
	Euspira nana (Møller, 1842); Natica nana Møller, 1842 (basionym); Neverita nana (Møller, 1842);

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

Description

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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