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Naticarius onca predatory sea snail marine gastropod mollusk Naticidae moon snails diving photogaphy

NATICARIUS ONCA - (RODING, 1798)

Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Naticinae (Subfamily) > Naticarius (Genus)

Naticarius onca is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution
The species is known to occur in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania.

Synonyms
Cochlis onca (Röding, 1798)
Cochlis pavimentum (Röding, 1798)
Natica cailliaudii (Récluz, 1850)
Natica chinensis (Lamarck, 1816)
Natica litterata (Link, 1807)
Natica onca (Röding, 1798)
Nerita candida (W. Wood, 1825)