| Natica Fossil range: Cretaceous–Recent |
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 Shell of Natica hebraea
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Natica is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the recent periods.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Natica include:
- Natica catena (da Costa, 1778) - necklace shell
- Natica hebraea
- Natica guesti
- Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840
- Natica marochinensis (Gmelin, 1758)
- Natica menkeana
- Natica tedbayeri
- Subgenus: Nacca
- Natica millepunctata Lamarck
References
- ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
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