Tectonatica tecta

Tectonatica tecta, common name the mottled necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Tectonatica tecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Tectonatica
Species:	T. tecta
Binomial name
Tectonatica tecta (Anton, 1838)
Synonyms
Natica alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 Natica aureozona Tomlin, 1921 Natica genuana Reeve, 1855 Natica imperforata Gray, 1839 Natica stimpsoni Bartsch, 1915 Natica tecta Anton, 1838 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia; off the south and west coast of South Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Madagascar.