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Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Naticidae
Lined moon snail
Natica lineata
Family Naticidae
updated Jan 09
Where seen? This beautiful moon snail is rarely seen, usually in silty sand near seagrasses.

Features: 2-3cm. Shell spherical with the spiral tip sticking out a little. Colour white or beige with fine brown somewhat wavy lines. The body is pale beige or white with a brownish patches. The operculum is shelly and is smooth and pearly white.

Changi, Nov 08

Underside

Close up of shell opening and operculum

Lined moon snails on Singapore shores

Cyrene Reefs, Jan 09

more photos of lined moon snails on Singapore shores
part 1 | part 2

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