Cryptonatica affinis

Cryptonatica affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Cryptonatica
Species:	C. affinis
Binomial name
	Cryptonatica affinis; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Cryptonatica clausa; Cryptonatica septentrionalis; Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829; Natica russa Gould, 1859;

Cryptonatica affinis, common name the Arctic moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2811 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). Gofas, S. (2009). Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140525 on 17 June 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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