Eunaticina
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Eunaticina is a genus
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Naticidae
, the moon snails.
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also in current use
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of predatory sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Naticidae
Naticidae
Naticidae, common name the moon snails, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea....
, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus Eunaticina include:- Eunaticina africanaEunaticina africanaEunaticina africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
Fernandes & Burnay - Eunaticina mienisiEunaticina mienisiEunaticina mienisi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
- Eunaticina papillaEunaticina papillaEunaticina papilla, common name : the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm....
(Gmelin, 1791)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also in current use
- Eunaticina albosutura Verco, 1909
- Eunaticina coarctata (Reeve, 1864)
- Eunaticina lamarckiana (Récluz, 1843)
- Eunaticina linnaeana (Récluz, 1843)
- Eunaticina oblonga Reeve, 1864
- Eunaticina perobliqua (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1906)
- Eunaticina pomatiella Melvill, 1892
- Eunaticina umbilicata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)