Natica multipunctata

Natica multipunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. multipunctata
Binomial name
	Natica multipunctata; Blainville, 1825
Synonyms
	Natica fanel Récluz, 1844 (invalid: junior secondary homonym f Natica fanel (Röding, 1798)); Natica fanel rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942; Natica variolaria Récluz, 1844;

Natica multipunctata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Description

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Cape Verdes and Angola.

^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597047 on 2015-02-02

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