Naticarius millepunctatus Pliocene Cyprus

''Naticarius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

(or subgenus) of

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 snails, marine

gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. The ...

in the subfamily Naticinae of the family

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. (2011). Naticarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415681 on 2011-04-17Huelsken, T., Wägele, H., Peters, B., Mather, A., Hollmann, M. (2011) Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod ''Naticarius onca'' (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3), 141-151
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/ref> The species within this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Natica'', subgenus ''Naticarius''. This classification is still used by a number of leading malacologists. The operculum in this genus is calcareous.

Species

Species within the genus ''Naticarius'' include: * '' Naticarius alapapilionis'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Naticarius canrena'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Naticarius colliei'' (Récluz, 1844) * '' Naticarius concinnus'' (Dunker, 1860) * '' Naticarius donghaiensis'' (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 2003) * '' Naticarius excellens'' Azuma, 1961 * '' Naticarius hainanensis'' (X. Liu, 1977) * '' Naticarius hebraeus'' ( Martyn, 1786) * '' Naticarius insecta'' (Jousseaume, 1874) * '' Naticarius lineozona'' (Jousseaume, 1874) * '' Naticarius manceli'' (Jousseaume, 1874) * '' Naticarius melanoperculatus'' (X. Liu, 1977) * '' Naticarius onca'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Naticarius orientalis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Naticarius philippinensis'' (R. B. Watson, 1881) * '' Naticarius pumilus'' Kubo, 1997 * '' Naticarius scopaespira'' (X. Liu, 1977) * '' Naticarius sertatus'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Naticarius stercusmuscarum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Naticarius zonalis'' (Récluz, 1850) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Naticarius cruentatus'' (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991: synonym of ''Naticarius hebraeus'' (Martyn, 1786) * ''Naticarius fanel'' (Röding, 1798): synonym of ''Naticarius hebraeus'' (Martyn, 1786) * ''Naticarius lavendula'' Woolacott, 1956: synonym of '' Natica buriasiensis'' Récluz, 1844 * ''Naticarius lineatus'' (Röding, 1798): synonym of '' Tanea lineata'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Naticarius marochiensis'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Natica marochiensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Naticarius oteroi'' Fernandes & Rolán, 1990: synonym of '' Natica oteroi'' (Fernandes & Rolán, 1991) * ''Naticarius punctatus'' (Karsten, 1789): synonym of ''Naticarius stercusmuscarum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Naticarius subcostatus'' (Tenison Woods, 1878): synonym of '' Notocochlis subcostata'' (Tenison Woods, 1878) * ''Naticarius vittatus'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Natica vittata'' (Gmelin, 1791)

References

* Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls Naticidae {{Naticidae-stub