Neverita obtusa
Neverita obtusa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
Family: | Naticidae |
Subfamily: | Polinicinae |
Genus: | Neverita |
Species: | N. obtusa |
Binomial name | |
Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Neverita obtusa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters (the South Shetland-Faeroe Ridge), in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and West Africa.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585068 on 2012-08-18
- 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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