Tectonatica sagraiana

Tectonatica sagraiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Tectonatica
Species:	T. sagraiana
Binomial name
*Tectonatica sagraiana* (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms^[1]
Natica filosa Philippi, R.A., 1845 Natica flammulata Requien, 1848 Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 21 mm

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde and Angola.

^ ^a ^b Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Gofas, S. (2009). Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367899 on 18 March 2011.

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