''Eunaticina'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

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s in the subfamily Sininae of the

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Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...

, the moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Eunaticina'' include: * '' Eunaticina africana'' Fernandes & Burnay * '' Eunaticina albosutura'' Verco, 1909 * † '' Eunaticina auriformis'' (Marwick, 1924) * '' Eunaticina emmeles'' (Melvill, 1910) * † '' Eunaticina fornicata'' (Suter, 1917) * '' Eunaticina heimi'' Jordan & Hertlein, 1934 * '' Eunaticina inflata'' (Tesch, 1920) * '' Eunaticina kraussi'' (E. A. Smith, 1902) * '' Eunaticina linnaeana'' (Récluz, 1843) * '' Eunaticina margaritaeformis'' Dall, 1924 * '' Eunaticina mienisi'' Kilburn, 1988 * '' Eunaticina oblonga'' Reeve, 1864 * '' Eunaticina papilla'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Eunaticina umbilicata'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) ;Species brought into synonymy: * † ''Eunaticina abyssalis'' Simone, 2014: synonym of † '' Janthina typica'' (Bronn, 1861) * ''Eunaticina cincta'' (Hutton, 1885): synonym of ''Eunaticina papilla'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Eunaticina coarctata'' (Reeve, 1864): synonym of ''Eunaticina papilla'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Eunaticina intercisum'' (Iredale, 1931): synonym of '' Gennaeosinum intercisum'' Iredale, 1931 * ''Eunaticina lamarckiana'' (Récluz, 1843): synonym of ''Eunaticina papilla lamarckiana '' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Eunaticina mienisi'' Kilburn, 1988: synonym of '' Sigatica mienisi'' (Kilburn, 1988) (original combination) * ''Eunaticina parvula'' Bozzetti, 2019: synonym of '' Vanikoro parvula'' (Bozzetti, 2019) (original combination) * ''Eunaticina peleum'' (Iredale, 1929): synonym of '' Gennaeosinum peleum'' Iredale, 1929 * ''Eunaticina perobliqua'' (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1906): synonym of '' Gennaeosinum perobliquum'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) * ''Eunaticina pomatiella'' Melvill, 1892: synonym of '' Sigatica pomatiella'' (Melvill, 1893)

References

* Beu A.G. (2004) ''Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants''. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111–265. page(s): 206 * Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls

External links

Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23.
Naticidae Gastropod genera {{Naticidae-stub