''Friginatica'' 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 ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

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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 shells.

Species

Species within the genus ''Friginatica'' include: * ''

Friginatica aldingensis ''Friginatica'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon shells. Species Species within the genus ''Friginatica'' include: * '' Friginatica aldingensis'' (Tate 1893) * '' Friginatica amphiala'' (Wat ...

'' (Tate 1893) * ''

Friginatica amphiala ''Falsilunatia amphiala'' is a species of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory se ...

'' (Watson, 1881) * ''

Friginatica beddomei ''Friginatica'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon shells. Species Species within the genus ''Friginatica'' include: * '' Friginatica aldingensis'' (Tate 1893) * '' Friginatica amphiala'' (Wat ...

'' (Johnston, 1885) * ''

Friginatica conjuncta ''Friginatica conjuncta'' is a species of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory se ...

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, 1953 * '' Friginatica wintlei''

References

* Powell A. W. B. (1979), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

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