Naticarius hebraeus

Naticarius hebraeus
Live individual in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. hebraeus
Binomial name
Naticarius hebraeus Martyn, 1784
Synonyms[1]
Cochlis fanel Röding, 1798 Nacca maxima Risso, 1826 Natica adspersa Menke, 1830 Natica fanel (Röding, 1798) Natica hebraea (Martyn, 1786) Natica hebraea var. rarimaculata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Natica maculata von Salis, 1793 Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991 (misidentification) Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798) Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 (original combination) Nerita maculata Salis Marschlins, 1793

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

Five views of a shell of Naticarius hebraeus

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720569 on 2015-02-02

• WoRMS info
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
• Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40

External links

• Media related to Naticarius hebraeus at Wikimedia Commons