Natica rocquignyi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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: | Natica |
| Species: | N. rocquignyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Natica rocquignyi Fischer-Piette, 1942
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 14 mm and 32 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Gabon.
References
edit- ^ a b Natica rocquignyi Fischer. WoRMS (2009). Natica rocquignyi Fischer. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224845 on 17 June 2010 .
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Fernandes F. & Rolán E. 1995 The family Naticidae in Angola (West Africa). Argonauta, 7(6-12): 1-21
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
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