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

Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Naticarius*	Duméril, 1805	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Natica millepunctata var. punctatissima*	Pallary, 1912	junior homonym
*Nerita punctata*	Karsten, 1789	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nacca punctata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Natica millepunctata*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Natica sanguinolenta*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Natica stercusmuscarum*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fly-speck moonsnail; fly-specked moonsnail 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: Fliegendreck-Mondschnecke; Tausendpunkt-Mondschnecke; Tausendpunkt-Nabelschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Huelsken T., Marek K., Schreiber S., Schmidt I. & Hollmann M. (2008). The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa 1770: 1-40

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naticarius stercusmuscarum (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:720574

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Occurrence

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Native

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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.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

annex IV

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2024-10-19 by Maxim Vinarski

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