Natica gruveli

Natica gruveli
Shell of Natica gruveli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. gruveli
Binomial name
Natica gruveli Dautzenberg
Synonyms
Natica gruveli var. paucipunctata Dautzenberg, 1910 Payraudeautia esterias P. Bernard, 1983 Payraudeautia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Gabon.

References[]

• Bernard, P. A. (1983). Three new Naticids from the Gabonense Coasts (Gasteropoda: Naticidae). La Conchiglia. 15(172-173): 20-21
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links[]

• Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4

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