Naytia is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae.[1]

Naytia
Shell of Naytia glabrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Naytia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Strombus glabratus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Dorsanum (Fluviodorsum) Boettger, 1885
  • Nassa (Naytia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Naytia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Description edit

The shell is smooth. The aperture has a channel at the hind part continued up the spire.[2]

Species edit

Species within the genus Naytia include:

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