Natica vitellus
Species of gastropod
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Natica vittellus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Natica |
| Species: | N. vitellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.