Naticarius: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species
Scientific Name: Naticarius

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Naticarius

Naticarius is a genus (or subgenus) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

The species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Natica, subgenus Naticarius. This classification is still used by a number of leading malacologists.

The operculum in this genus is calcareous.

Naticarius in languages:

Italian: Naticaria
Japanese: サザナミタマガイ属

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