Cernina fluctuata
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| Cernina fluctuata | |
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| Five views of a C. fluctuata shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Ampullinidae |
| Genus: | Cernina |
| Species: | C. fluctuata |
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| Cernina fluctuata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) | |
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Cernina fluctuata, common name the wavy moon snail, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullinidae.[1] It is the only living member of its family.
The shells of this species range in size from 25 to 80 mm.[2]
This species resembles the moon snails of the family Naticidae, though it is not related. One way to differentiate this shell from that of true moon snails is by its lack of an umbilical callus. The color pattern is one of wavy or zigzag stipes crossing the width of the shell.
