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Natica vitellus
Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. vitellus
Binomial name
Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Natica ponsonbyi Melvill, 1899 Natica rufa (Born, 1778) Nerita leucozonias Gmelin, 1791 Nerita rufa Born, 1778 Nerita vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

1. Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2009). Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571880 on 26 November 2012 .

• Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

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