Neverita josephinia

Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon shells.[1]

Neverita josephinia
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N. josephinia
Binomial name
Neverita josephinia
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Natica josephinia (Risso, 1826)
  • Natica josephinia var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912
  • Natica josephinia var. caelata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Natica philippiana Récluz in Chenu, 1843
  • Natica philippiana Reeve, 1855
  • Neverita philippiana (Récluz, C., 1855)

This is the type species of the genus Neverita.

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligocene (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Morocco.[2]

The sand collar of N. josephinia from the Ebro River Delta in Catalonia, Spain

Distribution

This is a Mediterranean species.[1][3]

Description

Like other species in this genus, this snail has a corneous operculum.

References

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