Tanea areolata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Tanea |
| Species: | T. areolata
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| Tanea areolata (Recluz, 1844)
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Natica areolata Récluz, 1844 (basionym) | |
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 18 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
edit- ^ Tanea areolata (Recluz, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens. Apex 12(1): 15-26
- Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380
External links
edit- "Tanea areolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.