Natica marochiensis

Natica marochiensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Natica marochiensis
Shell of Natica marochiensis (syntype at MNHN. Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. marochiensis
Binomial name
Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Natica lemniscata Philippi, 1852 Natica limacina Jousseaume, 1874 Natica lurida Philippi, 1836 Natica maroccana (Chemnitz, 1781) (unavailable name, originally published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1) Naticarius marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Nerita maroccana Chemnitz, 1781 (unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Gmelin, 1791 as Nerita marochiensis) Nerita marochiensis Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Notocochlis marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Tanea lemniscata (Philippi, 1851)

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution. It can be found at the following locations:

• Mediterranean Sea
• Atlantic Ocean : Cape Verde, West Africa, Angola
• Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Mexico
• Lesser Antilles
• Indian Ocean : Mozambique

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 94 m.^[2]