Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

A. K. Mukhopadhyay ¹, A. K. Sharma ², Ramakrishna ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053 (W.B), IN
2 Acharya Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), IN

Abstract

The Naticidae is a cosmopolitan family of sand-dwellers Mesogastropods under the Phylum Mollusca. This family is well represented and morphologically homogenous group of marine gastropods, living in habitats from the intertidal zone to deep sea.

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A. K. Mukhopadhyay ¹, A. K. Sharma ², Ramakrishna ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053 (W.B), IN
2 Acharya Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), IN

Abstract

The Naticidae is a cosmopolitan family of burrowing Cenogastropods under the Phylum Mollusca. It is commonly known as moon shell. This family is well represented and morphologically homogenous group of marine gastropods, living in habitats from the intertidal zone to deep sea.

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