Tectonatica violacea (G. B. Sowerby I 1825)

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]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)

References

• Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates.
• Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1–59, pls 1-8.
• Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27–120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. The family Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Fiji Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 169-208
• Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
• Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35

Tectonatica violacea is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Naticidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1825 door G.B. Sowerby I.

Tectonatica violacea là một loài ốc biển săn mồi, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển trong họ Naticidae, họ ốc mặt trăng.^[1]

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