Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Tall Moonsnail
Description
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Family Naticidae
Diameter about equal to the height ; shell generally almost globose , consisting mostly of the body whorl (umbilicus either conspicuously open or covered by an obvious callus; height of some species attaining 10 cm).
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Naticoidea
()
- L. Guilding, 1834
- Family:
Naticidae
()
- L. Guilding, 1834
- Moon Snails
- Subfamily:
Polinicinae
()
- Genus:
Neverita
()
- Risso, 1826
- Subgenus:
:Archethopolys
()
- Specific name:
reclusiana
- (Deshayes, 1839)
- Scientific name: - Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
- Specific name:
reclusiana
- (Deshayes, 1839)
- Subgenus:
:Archethopolys
(
- Genus:
Neverita
(
- Subfamily:
Polinicinae
(
- Family:
Naticidae
(
- Superfamily:
Naticoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Neverita reclusianus (Deshayes • Polinices altus Arnold • Polinices reclusianus (Deshayes
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 21-Sep-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Neverita
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. duplicata (Shark Eye) · N. josephinia (Josephine's Moon Snail) · N. politiana (Polished Moonsnail) · N. reclusiana (Tall Moonsnail)
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Further Reading
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- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url page 29, table 1 , page 32, table 2 , p. 40.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 96 1989 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 117, p. 125, p. 164, p. 317, p. 445, p. 482, p. 487, p. 569.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 800.
- Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url , p. 102, p. 7.
- New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea, by William J. Clench and Ruth D. Turner. [Philadelphia]Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1962. url p. 205, p. 57.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 225.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 176, p. 225, p. 518, p. 520, p. 521, p. 630.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 109, p. 113, p. 173, p. 193, p. 20, p. 279, p. 37, p. 65, p. 93, p. 99.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 12 1956 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 200, p. 220, p. 494.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684933
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72945
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72945
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507767
