Kerguelenatica delicatula

Kerguelenatica delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Kerguelenatica
Species:	K. delicatula
Binomial name
	Kerguelenatica delicatula; (E. A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms
	Amauropsis (Kerguelenatica) grisea (Martens, 1878); Falsilunatia delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902); Kerguelenatica bioperculata Dell, 1990; Natica delicatula E. A. Smith, 1902 (original combination); Natica grisea Martens, 1878 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica grisea Requien, 1848; Kerguelenatica bioperculata is a replacement name);

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

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 45 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 548 m.^[2]

^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714015 on 2019-03-05
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

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