Neverita obtusa

Neverita obtusa
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]
  • Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 (basionym)
  • Neverita pilula Locard, 1897
  • Polinices obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)

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. 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


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