Kerguelenatica

Kerguelenatica is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Kerguelenatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Kerguelenatica

Powell, 1951
Type species
Natica grisea Martens, 1878
Synonyms

Amauropsis (Kerguelenatica) Powell, 1951

Species

Species within the genus Kerguelenatica include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Kerguelenatica bioperculata (Martens, 1878):[2] synonym of Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902)

References
  1. Kerguelenatica Powell, 1951. WoRMS (2009). Kerguelenatica Powell, 1951. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196965 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. Kerguelenatica bioperculata (Martens, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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