Cryptonatica affinis, common name the Arctic moonsnail, 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: | Cryptonatica |
| Species: | C. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description
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editMinimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2811 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). Gofas, S. (2009). Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140525 on 17 June 2010 .
- ^ 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.