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Natica livida Livid Moonsnail

Natica livida is commonly referred to as Livid Moonsnail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Natica livida, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021


Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
16971 
AphiaID:
419757 
Scientific:
Natica livida 
German:
Fahlgraue Mondschnecke 
English:
Livid Moonsnail 
Category:
Lumache 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Natica (Genus) > livida (Species) 
Initial determination:
L. Pfeiffer, 1840 
Occurrence:
Aruba, Bonaire, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Venezuela 
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 - 65 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
0" - 0.79" (0,9cm - 2,1cm) 
Temperature:
24,9 °F - 82.4 °F (24,9°C - 28°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
:
  • Natica acinonyx
  • Natica adansoni
  • Natica albifasciata
  • Natica albospira
  • Natica anosyensis
  • Natica bibalteata
  • Natica bouvieri
  • Natica broderipiana
  • Natica brunneolinea
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-11-21 20:31:44 

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Natica livida L. Pfeiffer, 1840

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape. Moon snails live on sandy substrates.Moon snail shells are attractive and relatively large, and often popular in jewellery and ornamentation. .

Natica livida is common on the sand at night.

Synonymised names
Natica jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted
Natica lacernula A. d'Orbigny, 1842 · unaccepted
Natica rufilabris Reeve, 1855 · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Natica livida oceani Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (uncertain > unassessed)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 21.11.2024.

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