Tectonatica violacea

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

Tectonatica violacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Tectonatica
Species:	T. violacea
Binomial name
Tectonatica violacea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
Natica rhodostoma Philippi, 1842 Natica violacea G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (basionym) Nerita glabra Wood, 1828

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)