Naticarius is a genus (or subgenus) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1][2]
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| A live individual of Naticarius orientalis in situ | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Subfamily: | Naticinae |
| Genus: | Naticarius Duméril, 1805 |
| Type species | |
| Nerita canrena Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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The species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Natica, subgenus Naticarius. This classification is still used by a number of leading malacologists.
Species edit
Species within the genus Naticarius include:
- Naticarius alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
- Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Naticarius colliei (Récluz, 1844)
- Naticarius concinnus (Dunker, 1860)
- Naticarius donghaiensis (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 2003)
- Naticarius excellens Azuma, 1961
- Naticarius hainanensis (X. Liu, 1977)
- Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
- Naticarius insecta (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Naticarius lineozona (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Naticarius manceli (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Naticarius melanoperculatus (X. Liu, 1977)
- Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)
- Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Naticarius philippinensis (R. B. Watson, 1881)
- Naticarius pumilus Kubo, 1997
- Naticarius scopaespira (X. Liu, 1977)
- Naticarius sertatus (Menke, 1843)
- Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Naticarius zonalis (Récluz, 1850)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991: synonym of Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
- Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798): synonym of Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)
- Naticarius lavendula Woolacott, 1956: synonym of Natica buriasiensis Récluz, 1844
- Naticarius lineatus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Tanea lineata (Röding, 1798)
- Naticarius marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Naticarius oteroi Fernandes & Rolán, 1990: synonym of Natica oteroi (Fernandes & Rolán, 1991)
- Naticarius punctatus (Karsten, 1789): synonym of Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Naticarius subcostatus (Tenison Woods, 1878): synonym of Notocochlis subcostata (Tenison Woods, 1878)
- Naticarius vittatus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica vittata (Gmelin, 1791)
References edit
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- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Naticarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415681 on 2011-04-17
- ^ a b Huelsken, T., Wägele, H., Peters, B., Mather, A., Hollmann, M. (2011) Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3), 141-151. PDF
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls