Naticarius onca

Naticarius onca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. onca
Binomial name
Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Cochlis onca Röding, 1798 (basionym) Cochlis pavimentum Röding, 1798 Natica cailliaudii Récluz, 1850 Natica chinensis Lamarck, 1816 Natica litterata Link, 1807 Natica onca (Röding, 1798) Nerita candida W. Wood, 1825

Naticarius onca is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

The species is known to occur in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania ^[2]

References

1. Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570008 on 17 June 2010.
2. Huelsken, T., Wägele, H., Peters, B., Mather, A., Hollmann, M. (2011) Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3), 141-151. PDF

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

• Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380