Notocochlis tigrina

Notocochlis tigrina
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Five views of a shell of Notocochlis tigrina
Five views of a fossil shell of Notocochlis tigrina from the Pliocene of Bibbiano, Tuscany, Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Notocochlis
Species: N. tigrina
Binomial name
Notocochlis tigrina
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica tigrina (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica maculata Perry, G., 1811[2]
  • Natica javana Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822[2]
  • Natica pellistigrina Dunker, R.W., 1882[2]
  • Paratectonatica tigrina (Röding, 1798) [3]

Notocochlis tigrina, common name tiger moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

Shells of Notocochlis tigrina can reach a size of 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.57 in).[2] These shells are pear-shaped and quite thick, with the tip of the spiral sticking out. They have a whitish or pale brown surface with small dark brown or black spots. Operculum is white and quite smooth, usually with yellow and gray patches. The foot of the mollusk is whitish, almost translucent, plain and large.[4]

Distribution

Notocochlis tigrina can be found in the Eastern Africa, Southeastern Asia and Australia.[2][5]

Habitat

These sea snails prefer sandy shores near seagrasses. They can be found in the muds of the tidal flat.[4]

Human uses

In some countries (mainly Indonesia and Japan) these sea snails are collected for food and the shells are traded.[4]

Fossil records

Fossil of Notocochlis tigrina from Pliocene of Italy

This species is known in the fossil record from the Oligocene epoch to the Quaternary period (age range 23.03 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils have been collected in the sediments of Austria, Germany, India, Italy and Thailand.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Notocochlis tigrina . WoRMS (2009). Notocochlis tigrina. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570169 on 26 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Gastropods
  3. 1 2 Fossilworks
  4. 1 2 3 Wild Singapore
  5. ↑ GBIF


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