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
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 this snail’s shell varies between 12-25 millimeters.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin which is part of the coasts of Philippines and Queensland, Australia.