Natica sp. - view 1

Genus-species: Natica sp.
Common name: Moon shell

Many specimens small to medium, white to yellow. These bloodthirsty mollusks live on clams and oysters, which they obtain by burrowing in the sand with an enormous foot. The eggs are laid in a collar of sand

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Known habitat: Temperate and warm seas

Scopoli, 1777

Departmental Shell Collection

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