Notocochlis chemnitzii
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| Notocochlis chemnitzii | |
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| A live animal in the Gulf of California | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Notocochlis |
| Species: | N. chemnitzii |
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| Notocochlis chemnitzii (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) | |
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Notocochlis chemnitzii, or Chemnitz' moon snail, is a species of gastropod mollusc. It was first described to science in 1840 by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfieffer. The animal is likely named after conchologist Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz.
The shell is smooth. There are four to five whorls with a short spire.[1] It is grayish-blue to grayish-yellow, with arrow-shaped bands of brown and white. Some individuals may have a white band on the upper part of their whorls. The interior of the shell is brown. The shell has a maximum length of 33 mm (1.3 inches) and a diameter of 31 mm. The operculum is white and smooth.[2]