Neverita josephinia
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| Neverita josephinia Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Neverita |
| Species: | N. josephinia |
| Binomial name | |
| Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 | |
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Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon shells.[1]
This is the type species of the genus Neverita.
The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligocene (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Morocco.[2]

This is a Mediterranean species.[1][3]