Where seen? This moon snail with a spotted body is sometimes seen on sandy areas near reefs on some of our Southern shores. It is also known as Gualtieri's moon snail.

Features: 2-3cm. Shell thick spherical (not flat) with the spiral tip sticking out. Shell beige, grey or orange sometimes with many irregular thin dark bands. Operculum shelly, smooth and pearly white with a dark smudge where the whorl starts. Body pale, tentacles short both with lots of small dark spots.

Human uses: It is collected for food and the shell trade.

• Natica gualtieriana on The Seashells of New South Wales by Des Beechey Research Associate, Australian Museum:
• Gualteri's moon snail (Natica gualtieriana) on SeaLife Base: Technical fact sheet.
• Gualteri's moon snail (Natica gualteriana) in the Gastropods section by J.M. Poutiers in the FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1: Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) website.

• Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
• Abbott, R. Tucker, 1991. Seashells of South East Asia. Graham Brash, Singapore. 145 pp.