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 adansoni 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 variabilis*	Reeve, 1855	synonym

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	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Gubbioli, F.; Nofroni, I. (1998). On the specific distinction between Natica adansoni Blainville, 1825 and Natica prietoi Hidalgo, 1873 (Discopoda: Naticidae). La Conchiglia. 289: 21-22, 61.
additional source	Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Natica adansoni 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:224855