Tanea zelandica
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| Tanea zelandica | |
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| A shell of Tanea zelandica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Tanea |
| Species: | T. zelandica |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanea zelandica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Tanea zelandica, common name the necklace shell or the New Zealand moon snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the Family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 33 mm