Tectonatica violacea
Species of gastropod
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Tectonatica violacea, is a common name the violet moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
| Tectonatica violacea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Tectonatica |
| Species: | T. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tectonatica violacea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) | |
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Description
The size of this snail’s shell varies between 12-25 millimeters.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin which is part of the coasts of Philippines and Queensland, Australia.
