Naticarius onca
Species of gastropod
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Naticarius onca is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1][2]
| Naticarius onca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Naticarius |
| Species: | N. onca |
| Binomial name | |
| Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) | |
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Description
Shell size 20 mm.
Distribution
The species is known to occur in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania[2]