Neverita lewisii Lewis's Moon Snail, Western Moon Snail

Neverita lewisii wird umgangssprachlich als Lewi's Mondschnecke bezeichnet.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

DSC_3179,Neverita lewisii , 2021

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lexID:: 11542
AphiaID:: 718659

Scientific:: Neverita lewisii
German:: Lewis Mondschnecke
English:: Lewis's Moon Snail, Western Moon Snail

Category:: Lumache

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Neverita (Genus) > lewisii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gould, ), 1847

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), California, Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.97" - 5.51" (5,7cm - 14cm)
Temperature:: 8,6 °F - 12,8 °F (8,6°C - 12,8°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Neverita aulacoglossa
Neverita delessertiana
Neverita didyma
Neverita duplicata
Neverita josephinia
Josephines Mondschnecke
Neverita lamonae
Neverita lewisii
Lewis Mondschnecke
Neverita reclusiana

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-05-07 19:49:12
Last edit:: 2025-06-16 16:56:54

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Neverita lewisii (Gould, 1847)

Neverita lewisii , commonly known as the Lewis's moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae.

THis moon snail feeds mainly on bivalve by drilling a hole in the shell with its radula and feeding on the soft flesh.

Synonymised names
Euspira lewisii (A. Gould, 1847) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Lunatia lewisii (A. Gould, 1847) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Natica lewisii A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polinices lewisi [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Polinices lewisii (A. Gould, 1847) · unaccepted > superseded combination