Tectonatica violacea
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Tectonatica violacea
| authority = (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
| synonyms =
- Natica rhodostoma Philippi, 1842
- Natica violacea G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (basionym)
- Nerita glabra Wood, 1828
}}
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.{{WRMS species|570024 |Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825)|||WoRMS (2009). Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at
Description
The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)
References
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- Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates.
- Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1–59, pls 1-8.
- Philippi, R.A. 1852. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. pp. 27–120 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
- {{cite Q|Q58676897}}
- Kilburn, R.N. 1976. A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3): 829-884
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Kabat, A.R. 1996. Biogeography of the genera of Naticidae (Gastropoda) in the Indo-Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 12(1/2): 29-35
External links
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- [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]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1825
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