Naticarius alapapilionis

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

Naticarius alapapilionis
Naticarius alapapilionis alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. alapapilionis
Binomial name
Naticarius alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Glyphepithema alapapilionis (Röding, 1798) Natica alapapilionis (Röding, 1798) Natica sagittifera Récluz, 1852 Natica plicifera Philippi, 1851 Natica taeniata Menke, 1830

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarenes.