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Naticarius hebraeus Hebrew Moon Snail

Naticarius hebraeus is commonly referred to as Hebrew Moon Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Naticarius hebraeus,Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR 2022


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lexID:
11173 
AphiaID:
720569 
Scientific:
Naticarius hebraeus 
German:
Hebräische Mondschnecke, Hebräische Nabelschnecke 
English:
Hebrew Moon Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Naticarius (Genus) > hebraeus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Martyn, ), 1786 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Straße von Gibraltar, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Malta, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.57" - 2.36" (4cm - 6,0cm) 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 78.8 °F (12°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-08-25 13:11:26 

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Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786)

Naticarius hebraeus commonly known as the Hebrew Moon Snail, is a predatory sea snail.This sea snail is nocturnal. It can be found during the day in sandy bottom.

Like other moon snails Naticarius hebraeus is a predator and feeds on b shelled molluscs, bore a hole into the mollusc shell using its radula and a secretion.This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sand collars are the characteristic egg masses of one family of sea snails, the moon snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae. These egg masses are often found washed up either whole, or sometimes in fragments, on sandy beaches where moon snails are living, either intertidally or subtidally.

Hebrew Moon Snail lives on sandy or sandy-muddy bottoms.

Synonymised names
Cochlis fanel Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Nacca maxima Risso, 1826 · unaccepted
Natica adspersa Menke, 1830 · unaccepted
Natica fanel (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted
Natica hebraea (Martyn, 1786) · unaccepted
Natica hebraea var. rarimaculata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Natica hebraea var. zonata Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Natica maculata Deshayes, 1838 · unaccepted (secondary homonym and synonym of...)
Natica maculata (Salis Marschlins, 1793) · unaccepted
Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted
Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nerita maculata Salis Marschlins, 1793 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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