Tectonatica violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Tectonatica
Species:
T. violacea
Binomial name
Tectonatica violacea
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica rhodostoma Philippi, 1842
  • Natica violacea G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (basionym)
  • Nerita glabra Wood, 1828

Tectonatica violacea, is a common name the violet moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)

References

  1. ^ a b Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825). WoRMS (2009). Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570024 on 26 August 2011 .

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