Naticarius is a genus

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...

 (or subgenus) of predatory sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

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...

 gastropods in the family 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.

The species within this genus were formally placed in the genus Natica, subgenus Naticarius. This classification is still used by a number of leading malacologists.

The operculum

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

 in this genus is calcareous.

Species

Species within the genus Naticarius include:

• Naticarius alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
• Naticarius canrena
  Naticarius canrena
  Naticarius canrena is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
  
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Naticarius concinnus (Dunker, 1860)
• Naticarius colliei (Récluz, 1844)
• Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)
• Naticarius orientalis
  Naticarius orientalis
  Naticarius orientalis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
  
  (Gmelin, 1791)
• Naticarius zonalis (Récluz, 1850)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn
  Martyn
  Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.-Family history:The Martyn family were one of a group of fourteen families of mixed Irish, English, Welsh, French and Norman descent who became the premier merchant and political families in the town of Galway during the late...
  
  , 1786) : synonym of Natica hebraea
  Natica hebraea
  Natica hebraea is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.- References :*...
  
  
• Naticarius lavendula Woolacott, 1956 : synonym of Natica buriasiensis Récluz, 1844
• Naticarius oteroi Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 : synonym of Natica oteroi
  Natica oteroi
  Natica oteroi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
  
  (Fernandes & Rolán, 1991)