Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acrybia glacialis		Western Atlantic.		1951
Amauropsis anderssoni		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1906
Amauropsis apora		Western Atlantic.		1881
Amauropsis aureolutea		Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL	1908
Amauropsis islandica	Iceland moonsnail	Arctic, Northern Pacific	4 DL	1791
Amauropsis powelli		Antarctic Atlantic		1990
Amauropsis prasina		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1881
Amauropsis purpurea		Northeast Pacific		1871
Amauropsis rossiana		Antarctic Atlantic		1907
Amauropsis sphaeroides		Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL	1877
Amauropsis xantha		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1881
Bulbus benthicolus		Western Atlantic and West	2.3 DL	1990
Bulbus carcellesi		Southeast Pacific and Sou	3.1 DL	1990
Bulbus fragilis	Fragile moonsnail	Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1819
Bulbus scotianus		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1990
Bulbus smithii		Arctic, Northern Pacific	2.5 DL	1839
Bulbus striatus		Arctic		1983
Calinaticina oldroydii	Delicate moonsnail	Eastern Central Pacific		1897
Cellana toreuma	Common intertidal limpet	Indo-West Pacific.	2.2 SHL	1854
Cryptonatica affinis	Arctic moonsnail	Eastern Pacific, Northern	3 DL	1791
Cryptonatica aleutica	Aleutian moonsnail	Arctic and Pacific Ocean.		1919
Cryptonatica bathybii		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1.2 DL	1879
Cryptonatica janthostoma	Purplemouth moonsnail	East Pacific.		1839
Cryptonatica operculata		Mediterranean Sea.		1885
Cryptonatica russa		Arctic and Northeast Paci		1859
Eunaticina margaritaeformis		Eastern Central Pacific		1924
Eunaticina papilla	Papilla moon snail	Western Pacific	3.5 ShH	1791
Euspira catena	Chained moon-shell	Northeast Atlantic, Medit		1778
Euspira falklandica		Western Atlantic and Indo	3.6 DL	1913
Euspira fusca		Northeast Atlantic and th		1825
Euspira grossularia		Mediterranean Sea.		1957
Euspira guilleminii		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Euspira heros	Northern moonsnail	North America.	11.5 DL	1822
Euspira immaculata	Immaculate moonsnail	North America.	1 DL	1835
Euspira levicula	Lightweight moonsnail	North America.	3.2 DL	1880
Euspira macilenta		Mediterranean		1844
Euspira montagui		Northeast Atlantic		1838
Euspira nitida	Alder's natica	Northeast Atlantic and th		1804
Euspira pallida	Pale moonsnail	Arctic, Northern Atlantic	4.2 DL	1829
Euspira radiata		Northern and Western Atla	1.1 OT	1881
Euspira strebeli		Western Atlantic and East	1.5 DL	1908
Euspira tenuis	Thin moonsnail	North America.	2.4 DL	1850
Euspira tenuistriata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1.9 DL	1911
Euspira triseriata	Spotted moonsnail	North America.	3.3 DL	1826
Falsilunatia delicatula		Western Atlantic and West	0.8 DL	1902
Falsilunatia eltanini		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1990
Falsilunatia falklandica		Western Atlantic.		1913
Falsilunatia fartilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1881
Falsilunatia notorcadensis		Antarctic Atlantic	2.9 DL	1990
Falsilunatia patagonica		Southeast Pacific, Southw	3.4 DL	1845
Falsilunatia soluta		Southeast Pacific, Southw	3 DL	1847
Falsilunatia xantha		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1881
Friginatica pisum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1916
Globisinum drewi		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1899
Globisinum venustum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1907
Globularia fluctuata		Western Central Pacific		1825
Haliotinella patinaria	Fingernail moonsnail	Western Central Atlantic	1.4 DL	1876
Kerguelenatica bioperculata		Southwest Pacific and the		1878
Lunatia fringilla		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1881
Lunatia monterona		Arctic and Northern Pacif		1919
Mamilla bernardii		Indo-Pacific.		1851
Mammilla kurodai		Northwest Pacific		1944
Mammilla melanostoma	Blackmouth moon snail	Indo-Pacific.	5.5 SHL	1791
Mammilla priamus		Western Central Pacific		1844
Natica adansoni	Adanson's moon snail	Eastern Atlantic and the		1825
Natica alapapilionis	Butterfly moon	Indo-West Pacific		1798
Natica ampla		Northwest Pacific		1849
Natica arachnoidea	Spider moon snail	Western Pacific.		1791
Natica areolata		Western Central Pacific		1844
Natica bibalteata		Northwest Pacific		1914
Natica broderipiana	Broderip's moon snail	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1844
Natica buriasiensis		Western Central Pacific		1844
Natica castanea		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1832
Natica castrensis	Netted moonsnail	Western Central Atlantic		1889
Natica cincta		Western Indian Ocean		1850
Natica collaris	Collar moon snail	Eastern Central Atlantic		1807
Natica couteaudi		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1885
Natica fasciata	Solid moon snail	Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1798
Natica fulminea	Flamed moon snail	Eastern Atlantic		1791
Natica guesti		Western Central Atlantic.	3.3 DL	1984
Natica joubini		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1911
Natica kawamurai		Western Central Pacific		1983
Natica lebruni		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1885
Natica limbata		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1839
Natica lineata	Lined moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL	1798
Natica livida	Livid moonsnail	Atlantic Ocean.	2.1 DL	1840
Natica marochiensis	Morocco moon snail	Atlantic Ocean, Southwest	3 DL	1791
Natica menkeana		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1851
Natica nigromaculata		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1911
Natica nipponensis		Western Central Pacific		1961
Natica onca	China moon snail	Western Central Pacific.		1798
Natica orientalis		Western Pacific.		1791
Natica perlineata		Western Central Atlantic	1.9 DL	1889
Natica phytelephas		Western Central Pacific		1855
Natica pluvialis		Western Central Pacific		1999
Natica prietoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1873
Natica pseustes		Indo-West Pacific		1881
Natica pusilla		Indo-West Pacific	0.8 DL	1822
Natica sanctaehelenae		Eastern Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1890
Natica sandwichensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1895
Natica stellata	Starry moon snail	Western Pacific	4 SHL	1913
Natica stenopa		Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL	1957
Natica stercusmuscarum		Mediterranean Sea.		1791
Natica tedbayeri	Florida natica	Western Atlantic	2.2 DL	1986
Natica tigrina	Tiger moon snail	Eastern Atlantic	4 SHL	1798
Natica turtoni	Turton's moon snail	Atlantic Ocean	1.9 DL	1890
Natica undulata		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1798
Natica unifasciata		Southeast Pacific		1822
Natica violacea	Violet moon snail	Western Central Pacific.	2.5 ShH	1825
Natica vitellus	Calf moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL	1758
Natica vittata	Banded moon snail	Eastern Central Atlantic		1791
Naticarius alapapilionis	Beaded necklace-shell	Indo-Pacific		1798
Naticarius canrena	Colorful moonsnail	Western Atlantic.	6.5 DL	1758
Naticarius concinnus		Western Central Pacific		1860
Naticarius hebraeus	Hebrew moon-shell	Mediterranean Sea.		1786
Naticarius lineozonus		Western Central Pacific		1874
Naticarius onca		Western Central Pacific		1798
Naticarius orientalis		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1791
Naticarius sertatus		Western Central Pacific		1843
Neverita albumen	Eggwhite moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL	1758
Neverita delessertiana		Western Central Atlantic.	6.8 DL	1843
Neverita didyma	Bladder moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	8.5 ShD	1798
Neverita duplicata	Shark eye	Western Atlantic.	8.2 DL	1822
Neverita josephinia	Josephine's moon-shell	Mediterranean		1826
Neverita lewisii	Lewis's moonsnail	Eastern Pacific	14 SHH	1847
Neverita politiana	Polished moonsnail	East Pacific.		1919
Neverita reclusiana	Tall moonsnail	East Pacific.		1839
Notocochlis antoni		Western Central Pacific		1851
Notocochlis cernica		Indo-Pacific.		1874
Notocochlis dillwynii		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Notocochlis gualteriana	Gualteri's moon snail	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	2.5 SHL	1844
Notocochlis gualtieriana		Eastern Central Pacific		1844
Notocochlis isabelleana		Western Atlantic.	3 DL	1841
Notocochlis tigrina		Northwest Pacific		1798
Notocochlis tosaensis		Western Central Pacific		1961
Notocochlis venustula		Western Central Pacific		1851
Payraudeautia intricata		Mediterranean Sea.		1804
Polinices albumen		Western Central Pacific	6 H	1758
Polinices aurantium	Golden moon snail	Central Pacific		1798
Polinices bifasciatus		Central Pacific		1834
Polinices candidissimus		Central Pacific		1842
Polinices citrinus		Western Central Pacific		1851
Polinices cumingianus		Western Central Pacific	5 WD	1844
Polinices draconis		Western Central Pacific		1903
Polinices duplicatus	Atlantic moon snail	Western Atlantic.		1822
Polinices fibrosa		Western Central Pacific		1852
Polinices flemingianus		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH	1844
Polinices helicoides		Western Central Pacific		1825
Polinices hepaticus	Brown moonsnail	Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL	1798
Polinices heros	Northern moon snail	Atlantic Ocean.	115 DL	1822
Polinices lacteus	Milk moonsnail	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	4 NG	1834
Polinices leptaleus		Western Central Atlantic	0.9 DL	1881
Polinices mammatus	Breast-shaped moon snail	Northwest Pacific		1798
Polinices mammilla	Pear-shaped moon snail	Indo-Pacific.	6 SHL	1758
Polinices maurus	Moor moon snail	Western Central Pacific		1816
Polinices melanostomoides	Melanoid moon snail	Western Central Pacific		1833
Polinices nanus		Western Central Pacific		1842
Polinices nubilus		Western Central Atlantic	1.3 DL	1889
Polinices otis		Southeast Pacific and Nor		1829
Polinices peselephanti	Elephant's-foot moon snail	Indo-Pacific	5 ShH	1807
Polinices porcelanus		Atlantic Ocean.		1839
Polinices powisianus		Western Central Pacific	5 H	1844
Polinices sagamiensis	Sagami Bay moon snail	Northwest and Western Cen		1904
Polinices sebae	Seba's moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1844
Polinices simiae	Simi moon snail	Pacific Ocean.		1838
Polinices sordidus		Western Central Pacific		1821
Polinices syrphetodes		Western Central Pacific		1976
Polinices tawhitirahia		Southwest Pacific		1964
Polinices tumidus	Tumid moon snail	Pacific Ocean.	4.5 ShH	1840
Polinices uber		Southeast Pacific		1832
Polinices uberinus	White moonsnail	Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1842
Proxiuber australe		Western Atlantic.		1878
Pseudopolinices nanus	Tiny moonsnail	Eastern Pacific, Northeas	0.8 DL	1842
Sigatica carolinensis	Carolina moonsnail	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.6 DL	1889
Sigatica cubana		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	2007
Sigatica semisulcata	Semisulcate moonsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1839
Sinuber microstriatum		Western Atlantic and West	2.2 DL	1990
Sinuber sculptum		Indo-West Pacific, Wester	0.9 DL	1878
Sinum bifasciatum		Mediterranean Sea.		1851
Sinum concavum	Concave baby's car	Eastern Atlantic		1822
Sinum cymba		Southeast Pacific		1828
Sinum debile	Slight baby ear	East Pacific.		1853
Sinum haliotoideum		Western Pacific		1758
Sinum incisum		Northwest Pacific		1864
Sinum japonicum		Northwest Pacific		1872
Sinum javanicum		Northwest Pacific		1834
Sinum maculatum	Brown baby ear	Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1831
Sinum minus	Dwarf baby ear	Western Central Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1889
Sinum perspectivum	White baby ear	Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL	1831
Sinum scopulosum	Fat baby ear	East Pacific.		1849
Stigmaulax cancellatus		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1781
Stigmaulax cayennensis	Cayenne moon snail	Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL	1850
Stigmaulax elenae		Eastern Pacific.		1844
Stigmaulax sulcatus	Grooved moonsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1778
Tanea euzona	Beautifully-banded moon snail	Indo-West Pacific	3 ShH	1844
Tanea hilaris		Central Pacific		1914
Tanea lineata		Western Central Pacific	5.5 ShH	1798
Tanea pavimentum		Western Central Pacific		1884
Tanea picta		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1844
Tanea sagittata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1843
Tanea zelandica	Necklace shell	Southwest Pacific		1832
Tectonatica bougei		Southwest Pacific and Cen		1908
Tectonatica impervia		Southeast Pacific, Southw	1.8 DL	1845
Tectonatica micra		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1953
Tectonatica pusilla	Miniature moonsnail	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.8 DL	1822
Tectonatica rizzae		Mediterranean Sea.		1844
Tectonatica robillardi		Eastern Central Pacific		1894
Tectonatica sagraiana	Lined moonsnail	Eastern Atlantic and the		1842
Tectonatica suffusa		Western Central Pacific		1855
Uberella barrierensis		Western Central Pacific		1924
Uberella denticulifera		Western Central Pacific		1924
Uberella vitrea		Southwest Pacific		1873

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Naticidae moon snails(See list of species below)

Family: Naticidae moon snails

(See list of species below)