Neverita didyma

Neverita didyma
Neverita didyma, view from above
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Neverita
Species: N. didyma
Binomial name
Neverita didyma
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Albula didyma Röding, 1798
  • Natica ampla Iwakawa, 1900
  • Natica chemnitzii Récluz in Chenu, 1843 (doubtful synonym)
  • Natica didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica glaucina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Natica lamarckiana Reeve, L.A., 1855
  • Natica petiveriana Récluz, C. in Chenu, J.C., 1843
  • Natica problematica Reeve, L.A., 1855
  • Natica robusta Dunker, R.W., 1860
  • Neverita bicolor Philippi, 1849
  • Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Polinices ephebus Hedley, 1915
  • Polinices papyracea Busch, von dem in Philippi, R.A., 1845
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) aulacoglossa Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1908, "1909"
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) ephebus Hedley, C., 1915

Neverita didyma, common name : the Bladder Moon Snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 90 mm. Like all naticids, this species is a carnivore and a predator.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2009). Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) 5. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568320 on 14 April 2011.

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