Lunatia pallida

Lunatia pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Lunatia
Species: L. pallida
Binomial name
Lunatia pallida
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euspira canonica Dall, 1919
  • Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829)
  • Euspira politiana Dall, 1919
  • Lunatia choshiensis Tiba, 1985
  • Natica borealis Gray, 1839
  • Natica caurina Gould, 1847
  • Natica groenlandica Müller, 1842
  • Natica pallida Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829 (basionym)
  • Natica pusilla Gould, 1841
  • Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919)
  • Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  • Polinices pallidus

Lunatia pallida, common name the pale moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2480 m.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153850 on 2012-08-18
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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