Tectonatica robillardi

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| taxon = Tectonatica robillardi

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  • Natica ren Preston, H.B., 1914
  • Natica robillardi Sowerby, 1894 (basionym)

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Tectonatica robillardi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.{{WRMS species|570022 |Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby III, 1894)|||WoRMS (2009). Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby III, 1894). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570022 on 20 April 2011}}

Description

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The size af an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Indo-West Pacific along Madagascar and Réunion.

References

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  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/44304 Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380]