Natica fulminea
Species of gastropod
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Natica fulminea, common name the lightning 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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Natica |
| Species: | N. fulminea |
| Binomial name | |
| Natica fulminea (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, the Western Sahara and Angola.
