Natica kawamurai Moon Snail

Natica kawamuraiis commonly referred to as Moon Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Natica kawamurai, Kwajalein 2015

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lexID:: 15948
AphiaID:: 571876

Scientific:: Natica kawamurai
German:: Mondschnecke
English:: Moon Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Natica (Genus) > kawamurai (Species)
Initial determination:: Sakurai, 1983

Occurrence:: Anilao, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marschall Islands, Philippines
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0,8 cm
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Clams, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Natica acinonyx
Natica adansoni
Natica albifasciata
Natica albospira
Natica anosyensis
Natica arachnoidea
Spinnen-Mondschnecke
Natica bibalteata
Natica bouvieri
Natica broderipiana
Natica brunneolinea
Natica buriasiensis
Natica cabrerai
Natica canariensis
Natica candidula
Natica castrensis
Natica cincta
Natica collaria
Natica concavoperculata
Natica couteaudi
Natica crassoperculata
Natica dimidiata
Natica dixoni
Natica donghaiensis
Natica fasciata
Natica forata
Natica fulgurans
Natica fulminea
Natica furva
Natica grayi
Natica hainanensis
Natica hannanensis
Natica inexpectans
Natica juani
Natica jukyriuva
Natica kawamurai
Mondschnecke
Natica koperbergae
Natica lacteobasis
Natica larvaroni
Natica limbata
Natica livida
Natica luculenta
Natica lunaris
Natica maculosa
Natica marchadi
Natica marochiensis
Natica melanoperculata
Natica menkeana
Natica michaelis
Natica monodi
Natica multipunctata
Natica nipponensis
Natica oteroi
Natica othello
Natica pavimentum
Natica perlineata
Natica picta
Natica pipoca
Natica prietoi
Natica pseustes
Natica pygmaea
Natica qizhongyani
Natica queketti
Natica rocquignyi
Natica rouxi
Natica royi
Natica rubromaculata
Natica ryalli
Natica saitoi
Natica sanctaehelenae
Natica sandwichensis
Natica scethra
Natica schepmani
Natica scopaespira
Natica seychellium
Natica sigillata
Natica simplex
Natica sinensis
Natica spadicea
Natica spadiceoides
Natica stellata
Natica stenopa
Natica tedbayeri
Natica turtoni
Natica unibalteata
Natica unifasciata
Natica vitellus

More related species in this lexicon:

Natica pluvialis
Mondschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-09-17 19:56:18
Last edit:: 2023-09-17 20:04:58

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Natica kawamurai Sakurai, 1983

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of minute 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. Moon snails live on sandy substrates.Moon snail shells are attractive and relatively large, and often popular in jewellery and ornamentation. .

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underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 17.09.2023.

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