Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.
The sand collar egg mass of Euspira catena. The rounded shell is thin and polished and brownish-yellow, with a row of reddish markings just below the suture of the last whorl. It can grow to about 3 cm (1 in) and has a short spire and seven rounded whorls separated with distinct sutures. The lowest whorl occupies about 90% of the volume.
When the light is shining through the collar, it is possible to make out the individual egg capsules within it. Sand collars are the characteristic egg masses of one family of sea snails, the moon snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae. These egg masses are often found washed up either whole, or sometimes in fragments, on ...
This Naticidae -related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Neverita is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails [2] [1] The type species of this genus is Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826.
The Naticinae are a subfamily of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] The Naticinae are characterized by their calcareous operculum and by the presence of a distinct funicle within the umbilicus, which is observable in most species. It is mainly a tropical group ...
Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777. [1] The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: 37.2 to 0.012 million years ago). [2] [3]
This page was last edited on 2 August 2006, at 22:35 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...