''Mammilla priamus'' is a

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predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape. Nat ...

, the moon snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Mammilla priamus (Récluz, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570827 on 2012-07-12

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off

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References

* Michel, C. (1988). ''Marine molluscs of Mauritius''. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius * Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) ''Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens.'' Apex 12(1): 15–26.
Kabat A.R. (2000) ''Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae''. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380
* Hollman M. (2008) ''Naticidae''. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482–501, pls 186–195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. * Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) ''Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae''. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

External links

* Naticidae Gastropods described in 1843 {{Naticidae-stub