Sigatica
Encyclopedia
Sigatica is a genus
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Naticidae
, the moon snails.
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 Sigatica include:- Sigatica carolinensisSigatica carolinensisSigatica carolinensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
(Dall, 1889) - Sigatica cubanaSigatica cubanaSigatica cubana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007 - Sigatica peleum (Iredale, 1929)
- Sigatica pomatiella (Melvill, 1893)
- Sigatica semisulcataSigatica semisulcataSigatica semisulcata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
(Gray, 1839)