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Naticidae

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.

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related to Further reading · 32
Naticidae → America, Aronowsky, Auckland, Bulletin, Caenogastropoda, Colgan, COMMENT, E34, Evidence, Evolution, Gastropoda, Geological Society, Inaba, ISSN, Lindberg, Linnean Society, London, Molecular, Molecular Phylogenetics, Mollusca
related to External links · 25
Naticidae → Biostratigraphy, California, CLEMAM, Database, Department, European Marine Mollusca, Evolution, Giglio Island, Histoire Naturelle, Homology, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Kern River Area, Mediterranean, Morphobank, Muséum National, Naturamediterraneo, NCBIMiocene Gastropods, Paris, Professional Paper, Systematics
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Naticidae → Amauropsina Chelot, Amauropsona, Austrocochlis, Benson, Carinacca Marwick, Cepatia, Columns-list, Darwinices Griffin, Finlay, Genera, Gray, Magnatica Marwick, Marshall, Martin, Marwick, Maxwellinatica Beu, McLean, Nanggulania, Pastorino, Pliconacca
related to Traditional classification · 6
Naticidae → Ampullospirinae, Naticinae, Polinicinae, Sininae, Some, This
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Naticidae → only family in the superfamily Naticoidea.It has been estimated that worldwide there are about 260

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synonym family species sand moon marwick montfort snails naticarius polinices eunaticina 1810 finlay 1885 junior shells natica euspira sinum snail

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Naticidaeis aonly family in the superfamily Naticoidea.It has been estimated that worldwide there are about 2600.90text
Naticidaerelated to External linksCLEMAM0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksTaxonomic Database0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksEuropean Marine Mollusca0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksMuséum National0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksHistoire Naturelle0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksDepartment0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksSystematics0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksEvolution0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksParis0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksThe Naticidae0.60section
Naticidaerelated to External linksGiglio Island0.60section

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