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Neverita didyma

Neverita didyma
Neverita didyma.jpg
A live and active individual of Neverita didyma, viewed from above
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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)
Synonyms
  • Albula didyma Röding, 1798
  • Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica ampla Iwakawa, 1900
  • Natica chemnitzii Récluz in Chenu, 1843 (doubtful synonym)
  • Natica didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica glaucina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Natica lamarckiana Reeve, L.A., 1855
  • Natica petiveriana Récluz, C. in Chenu, J.C., 1843
  • Natica problematica Reeve, L.A., 1855
  • Natica robusta Dunker, R.W., 1860
  • Neverita bicolor Philippi, 1849
  • Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Polinices ephebus Hedley, 1915
  • Polinices papyracea Busch, von dem in Philippi, R.A., 1845
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) aulacoglossa Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1908, "1909"
  • Polinices (Glossaulax) ephebus Hedley, C., 1915

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.


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