Notocochlis gualteriana

Notocochlis gualteriana, common name the comma necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Notocochlis gualteriana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Notocochlis
Species:	N. gualteriana
Binomial name
Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844
Synonyms
Cochlis migratoria Powell, 1927 Cochlis vafer Finlay, 1930 Natica (Notocochlis) gualteriana Recluz, 1844 Natica (Notocochlis) migratoria (Powell, 1927) Natica (Polinices) burnupi E. A. Smith, 1903 Natica antoni Philippi, 1851 Natica asellus Reeve, 1855 Natica avellana Philippi, 1852 Natica balteata G.B. Sowerby III, 1914 Natica burnupi E.A. Smith, 1903 Natica gualteriana Récluz, 1844 (basionym) Natica gualtieriana f. burnupi E. A. Smith, 1903 Natica locellus Reeve, 1855 Natica nemo Bartsch, 1915 Natica tessellata Philippi, 1849 Natica venustula Philippi, 1851 (original combination) Notocochlis antoni (Philippi, 1851) Notocochlis migratoria (Powell, 1927) Notocochlis venustula (Philippi, 1851) Polinices parvulus Bozzetti, 2010 Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851)

Description

Shell

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Masacarene Basin, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, and off the Philippines, China, South Korea and New Zealand.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp
• Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247. [Published 23 August 1930] page(s): 232
• MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
• Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs.
• 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
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
• Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J.-C., 2008 - Mangrove environments and molluscs, Abatan river, Bohol and Panglao islands, central Philippines,, p. 1-160, 38 pls

External links

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380