Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Naticoidea > Family Naticidae > Subfamily Naticinae > Genus Natica

Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Natica*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Nacca*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Natica (Nacca)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Natica fanel*	Récluz, 1844	junior homonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fanel moonsnail; the fanel moon sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefleckte Mondschnecke; Gepunktete Mondschnecke

Literature

original description	Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Natice, Natica, pp. 247-255, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 34. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.
basis of record	Verberckt, J. (1995). On the correct name of "Natica fanel Adanson" of authors and a new name for Natica multipunctata Wood, 1842. Gloria Maris. 33 (6): 113.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597047