''Cryptonatica'' is a
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predatory
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Naticidae
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...
, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptonatica'' include:
* ''
Cryptonatica adamsiana''
(Dunker, 1860)
* ''
Cryptonatica affinis
''Cryptonatica affinis'', common name the Arctic moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Description
The maximum recorded shell
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''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Cryptonatica aleutica
''Cryptonatica'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptonatica'' include:
* '' Cryptonatica adamsiana'' (Dunker, 1860)
* ''Cryptonatica af ...
''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Cryptonatica andoi''
(Nomura, 1935)
* ''
Cryptonatica bathybii''
(Friele, 1879)
* ''
Cryptonatica figurata
''Cryptonatica'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptonatica'' include:
* '' Cryptonatica adamsiana'' (Dunker, 1860)
* ''Cryptonatica af ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
* ''
Cryptonatica hirasei''
(Pilsbry, 1905)
* ''
Cryptonatica huanghaiensis''
Zhang, 2008
* ''
Cryptonatica janthostoma''
(Deshayes, 1839)
* ''
Cryptonatica operculata''
(Jeffreys, 1885)
* ''
Cryptonatica purpurfunda''
S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
* ''
Cryptonatica ranzii''
(Kuroda, 1961)
* ''
Cryptonatica russa''
(Gould, 1859)
* ''
Cryptonatica sphaera''
S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
* ''
Cryptonatica striatica''
S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
* ''
Cryptonatica wakkanaiensis
''Cryptonatica'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptonatica'' include:
* '' Cryptonatica adamsiana'' (Dunker, 1860)
* ''Cryptonatica af ...
''
Habe & Ito, 1976
* ''
Cryptonatica zenryumaruae''
Habe & Ito, 1976
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cryptonatica bathybia''
Golikov & Sirenko, 1988: synonym of ''Cryptonatica bathybii''
(Friele, 1879)
* ''Cryptonatica clausa''
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829): synonym of ''Cryptonatica affinis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cryptonatica janthostomoides''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1949): synonym of ''Cryptonatica andoi''
(Nomura, 1935)
* ''Cryptonatica salimba''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Cryptonatica affinis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cryptonatica septentrionalis''
Møller, 1842: synonym of ''Cryptonatica affinis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
References
* Deshayes, G. P., 1839. Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 2: 356-361
* Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1974). Additions to the fauna of shell bearing Gastropods from the intertidal zone of the Kurile Islands. Sbornik Rabot Instituta Biologii Morya
* Robba E., Pedriali L. & Quaggiotto E. (2016). Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene naticid gastropods of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 122(2): 109-234.
External links
Dall W.H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia. 3(2): 201-473
Naticidae
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