Cryptonatica affinis

Cryptonatica affinis, common name the Arctic moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Cryptonatica affinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Cryptonatica
Species:	C. affinis
Binomial name
Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Cryptonatica clausa Cryptonatica septentrionalis Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 Natica russa Gould, 1859

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2811 m.^[2]