species: Naticarius onca in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Naticarius onca


©Anne: Naticarius onca at Lizard Island at night.

©Anne: Naticarius onca at Lizard Island at night.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neotaenioglossa
Family Naticidae
Genus Naticarius
Species Naticarius onca

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Indo-Pacific: known from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean (except the Seychelles, Chagos Archipelago, Cargados Carajos, Mauritius and Rodrigues), north to Japan and south to Australia; throughout the West Pacific to the Tonga Islands, Samoa, Phoenix and Marshall Islands. (Fishbase)

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References

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
  • Huelsken, T., H. Waegele, B. Peters, A. Mather and M. Hollmann (2011). Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Roeding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae), Molluscan Research, 31(3): 141-151. LIRS catalog number 1454.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.