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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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] | |
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The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.
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This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)
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