Natica vitellus

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

Natica vitellus
Five views of a shell of Natica vitellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Natica
Species:	N. vitellus
Binomial name
Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Natica ponsonbyi Melvill, 1899 Natica rufa (Born, 1778) Nerita leucozonias Gmelin, 1791 Nerita rufa Born, 1778 Nerita vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.