Naticarius hebraeus

Naticarius hebraeus
Live individual in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. hebraeus
Binomial name
Naticarius hebraeus Martyn, 1784
Synonyms
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 Natica maculata Deshayes, 1838 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.

Five views of a shell of Naticarius hebraeus

Distribution

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

References

• 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

• Photos of Naticarius hebraeus in the Sealife Collection
• Media related to Naticarius hebraeus at Wikimedia Commons