Notocochlis gualteriana

Notocochlis gualteriana
Notocochlis gualteriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Notocochlis
Species: N. gualteriana
Binomial name
Notocochlis gualteriana
Récluz, 1844
Synonyms[1]
  • Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927
  • Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930
  • Natica (Notocochlis) gualteriana Recluz, 1844
  • Natica antoni Philippi, 1851
  • Natica asellus Reeve, 1855
  • Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
  • Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903
  • Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844 (basionym)
  • Natica locellus Reeve, 1855
  • Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915
  • Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849

Notocochlis gualteriana, common name the comma necklace shell, 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 Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Masacarene Basin, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Moambique, South Africa, and off New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. Gofas, S. (2009). Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370551 on 17 June 2010.
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