Neverita didyma | |
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A live and active individual of Neverita didyma, viewed from above | |
Five views of a shell of Neverita didyma | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
Family: | Naticidae |
Genus: | Neverita |
Species: | N. didyma |
Binomial name | |
Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) |
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Neverita didyma, common name the bladder moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
The size of an adult shell of this species varies between 20 mm and 90 mm. Like all naticids, this species is a carnivore and a predator.
This marine species is found in the Indian Ocean off the coasts of Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa.