Haliotinella patinaria

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Haliotinella patinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Haliotinella
Species:
H. patinaria
Binomial name
Haliotinella patinaria
Guppy, 1876
Synonyms
  • Berthella lowei (R. B. Watson, 1897)
  • Pleurobranchus lowei R. B. Watson, 1897

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

This marine species occurs in the West Indies, off Saint Kitts; also off Trinidad.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length varies between 16 m mm and 18 mm.[2]

Habitat

References

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