Naticarius canrena

Naticarius canrena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Naticarius
Species:	N. canrena
Binomial name
	Naticarius canrena; (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.^[2]
A living adult specimen was trapped off West coast BARBADOS at around 400 ft. depth.

References

^ Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419760 on 17 June 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419760 on 17 June 2010 .

[Welch_2010-2] Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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