Natica arachnoidea
Species of gastropod
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Natica arachnoidea, common name the spider 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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| Several views of a shell of Natica arachnoidea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Natica |
| Species: | N. arachnoidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; the Andamans; in the Western Pacific Ocean and Australia.
