Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods. == Species == The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) includes the following species with accepted names in the genus Natica ...
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• (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae....
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(from the article `feeding behaviour`) ...attacks an oyster by stealth: waiting until the valves open, it thrusts its shell between the valves and pushes its tubular feeding organ, or ...
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Nat'i·ca noun ;
plural Naticas Latin
NaticÆ (- sē).
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to
Natica ,
Lunatia ,
Neverita , and other allied genera (family
Naticidæ .) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud...
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