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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Naticidae |
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moon snail Tanea lineata Family Naticidae updated Aug 2020 Where seen? This beautiful moon snail is sometimes seen, usually in sand near seagrasses. Elsewhere, it is found on fine sandy to muddy bottoms. It was previously known as Natica lineata. Features: 3-4cm. Shell thick smooth spherical (not flat), the spiral tip sticking out a little. Shell pattern white or beige with fine brown spiralling lines. On the underside, a small depression. Operculum white with a yellow smudge where the whorl begins, a pair of spiralling grooves on the outer margin. Body white or pale beige, front shield darker brown. Tentacles short, brown. |
 Changi, Nov 08 |
 Operculum with a pair of spiralling grooves on the outer margin and a yellow smudge. Changi, Nov 08 |
| Human uses: It is collected in trawls for food and for the shell trade. |
| Lined moon snails on Singapore shores |
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