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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Naticarius (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis explanata Röding, 1798
=Natica (Naticarius) orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
=Natica eburnea Deshayes, 1838
=Natica orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
=Nerita orientalis Gmelin, 1791
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Naticarius (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cochlis explanata Röding, 1798
=Natica (Naticarius) orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
=Natica eburnea Deshayes, 1838
=Natica orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
=Nerita orientalis Gmelin, 1791
Details: Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Width 37mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Majima, R. 1989 Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan, Bulletins of American Paleontology, 96 (p.72)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil