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Natica rubromaculata
Shell of Natica rubromaculata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. rubromaculata
Binomial name
Natica rubromaculata E. A. Smith, 1872
Synonyms
Natica brunoi P. Bernard, 1983

Natica rubromaculata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.2 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the equatorial zone off Gabon

References

1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Natica rubromaculata E. A. Smith, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591111 on 2015-02-02

• 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

• Smith, E.A. (1872) A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871, 727–739, pl. 75

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