Eunaticina papilla

Eunaticina papilla, common name the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Eunaticina papilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Eunaticina
Species:
E. papilla
Binomial name
Eunaticina papilla
(Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms[1]
  • Albula tranquebarica Röding, 1798
  • Natica cancellata Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Natica costulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Natica papilla Gmelin
  • Natica tranquebarica Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Naticaria cancellata Swainson, 1840 (Objective synonym)
  • Nerita papilla Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Pervisinum dingeldii Iredale, 1931
  • Propesinum flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Sigaretus acuminatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Sigaretus cinctus Hutton, 1885 †
  • Sigaretus coarctatus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus lamarckianus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus linneanus Récluz, 1843
  • Sigaretus nitidus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus oblongus Reeve, 1864
  • Sigaretus papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sigaretus tumescens Reeve, 1864
  • Sinum papilla
  • Sinum papilla var. madoerensis van Regteren Altena, 1941

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia.

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References
  1. Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). WoRMS (2009). Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564878 on 26 August 2011 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. page(s): 206
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