Tectonatica sagraiana

Tectonatica sagraiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Tectonatica
Species:	T. sagraiana
Binomial name
Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Natica filosa Philippi, R.A., 1845 Natica flammulata Requien, 1848 Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845)

Tectonatica sagraiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 21 mm

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This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde and Angola.

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• Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40

• "Tectonatica sagraiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 March 2011.