Eunaticina papilla

Eunaticina papilla , the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Eunaticina papilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Eunaticina
Species:	E. papilla
Binomial name
Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms
Albula tranquebarica Röding, 1798 Natica cancellata Swainson, W.A., 1840 Natica costulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Natica papilla Gmelin, 1791 Natica tranquebarica Röding, P.F., 1798 Naticaria cancellata Swainson, 1840 (Objective synonym) Nerita papilla Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Pervisinum dingeldii Iredale, 1931 Propesinum flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1931 Sigaretus acuminatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 † Sigaretus cinctus Hutton, 1885 Sigaretus coarctatus Reeve, 1864 Sigaretus lamarckianus Récluz, 1843 Sigaretus linneanus Récluz, 1843 Sigaretus nitidus Reeve, 1864 Sigaretus oblongus Reeve, 1864 Sigaretus papilla (Gmelin, 1791) Sigaretus tumescens Reeve, 1864 Sinum papilla (Gmelin, 1791) Sinum papilla var. madoerensis van Regteren Altena, 1941 Sinum tener (Smith, 1894)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Melanesia.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111–265. page(s): 206