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

Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CryptonaticaDall, 1892accepted genus name
Natica (Cryptonatica) Dall, 1892 synonym

Species group names

Cryptonatica clausa (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) synonym
Cryptonatica salimba Dall, 1919 synonym
Cryptonatica septentrionalis (Møller, 1842) synonym
Euspira acosmita Dall, 1919 synonym
Natica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) synonym
Natica affinis var. vittata Jeffreys, 1877 synonym
Natica algida A. Gould, 1848 synonym
Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 synonym
Natica clausa var. depressior Middendorff, 1851 synonym
Natica clausa var. elatior Middendorff, 1849 synonym
Natica clausa var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1852 synonym
Natica clausa var. normalis Middendorff, 1849 synonym
Natica consolidata Couthouy, 1838 synonym
Natica russa Dall, 1874 synonym; nom. nud.
Natica septentrionalis Møller, 1842 synonym
Nerita affinis Gmelin, 1791 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Arctic moon snail; Arctic moonsnail; Artic moonsnail sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: natice close sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.
 German: Arktische Mondschnecke; Arktische Nabelschnecke 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.
 Russian: Криптонатика обыкновенная

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.

additional source

Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

additional source

Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian].

additional source

McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). 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:140525

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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