Natica vitellus

Natica vitellus
	Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
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.^[1]

Description

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

^ 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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